Tecmil (MH521v)

Tecmil (MH521v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This compound glyph for the personal name Tecmil (here, attested as a man's name), shows a xiuhhuitzolli diadem, which typically translates "lord" (tecuh(tli), and Tec- for short]. The diadem has red trim, a tie at the back, and a criss-cross pattern within the triangular shape of the crown. Behind the diadem is a rectangle with texturing. It is apparently meant to be a a small agricultural field (milli), where people typically planted maize.

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

andres tecmil

Gloss Normalization: 

Andrés Tecmil

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Gender (male)
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Land Parcels, Use, Issues
Landscape Features
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood and José Aguayo-Barragán

Colors: 
black
red
Shapes and Perspectives: 
boxed in
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
diamond shape(s)
dotted, granular, textured
rectangular
tied, bound, or bundled
triangular
Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
front to back
Keywords: 

lords, señores, diademas, diadems, milli, milpas, agricultura

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

tecuh(tli), a lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli
mil(li), a small agricultural parcel, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/milli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 521v, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=122&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: 
See Also: 

tecuhtli (Mdz18r)

tecuhtli (MH508r)

Tecuhmicqui (MH491v)