Tecolol (MH658v)

Tecolol (MH658v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecolol ("Stone Arch") shows an architectural arch that appears to have stone blocks. A simple line above the arch also appears.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The -col- root seems to have to do with things that are bent, twisted, rounded, or curving. See the dictionary suggestions provided to deepen our understanding of the root

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

franco. tecolol.

Gloss Normalization: 

Francisco Tecolol

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: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
segmented
Keywords: 

piedras, arcos, nombres de hombres, arquitectura

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

tecolol(li), a stone arch, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecololli
te(tl), stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl
coltic, curved, bent, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coltic
col(li), something bent or twisted, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colli-1
coloa, to bend, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coloa
colol(li), a trumpet, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cololli
cololoa, to make into a ball, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cololoa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Arco de Piedra

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 658v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=397&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: 

Toltecolol (MH499r)

Tecolol (MH770r)