Tecacalini (MH888r)

Tecacalini (MH888r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecacalini (“He Who Conducts a Siege”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a man in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Tears come down from his eyes. Two arrows pierce his back. His arms are raised in front of him, bent at the elbows. A bow and arrow appear in the lower left corner of the scene. Apparently, the warrior shooting the arrows in this siege (tecacalini) is not pictured, only the victim.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See some piercing arrows in glyphs below, along with bows and arrows (associated with Chichimeca culture).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

p^{o<./sup>. tecacalini}

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Tecacalini

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

War or Conflict

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

guerreros, guerras, arcos y flechas, emboscada, asedio, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tecacalini, a warrior or one who conducts a siege, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecacalini

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Él Que Dirige un Asedio

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 888r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=848&st=image.

Image Source, Rights:

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

Historical Contextualizing Image: