Techic (MH794r)

Techic (MH794r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Techic (an unidentified bird) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of the bird in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

While Molina’s Vocabulary does not identify this bird with any specificity, the drawing of the eye here is somewhat reminiscent of the quail (zolin).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

andres techic

Gloss Normalization: 

Andrés Techic

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
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

pájaros, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

techic(tli), a certain type of bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/techictli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

(cierto pájaro no identificado)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 794r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=662&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).

Orthography: 
"g" for c, q, or x
"s" for x
intrusive overbar
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

zolin (Mdz48r)

zolin (Mdz15v)

Zorita (Osu16v)