Tecpanecatl (MH778v)

Tecpanecatl (MH778v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, title, or ethnicity, Tecpanecatl, is attested here as pertaining to a man. The glyph has yet to be deciphered. It looks something like a capital letter M with a horizontal line running through the M near the top. A V-shaped piece comes down from the horizontal piece, between the two upright posts.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The name or title Tecpanecatl has been held by some illustrious forebears, but the man holding it in this instance is a tribute payer and an artisan or a feather worker. See the contextual image.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pablo tecpānecatl

Gloss Normalization:

Pablo Tecpanecatl

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:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

Wood, wooden things

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

M-shapes

frontal view

tied, bound, or bundled

triangular

V-shapes, or wedge

Keywords:

nombre de hombres, título, símbolo

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Tecpanecatl, a person's name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpanecatl
Tepanecatl, title of someone affiliated with the ruling palace, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepanecatl

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 778v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=631&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:

intrusive overbar

Historical Contextualizing Image: