Tecpanecatl (MH882r)

Tecpanecatl (MH882r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecpanecatl is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a diadem of the type worn by high nobles called tecuhtli (also spelled teuctli). The crown-like device has a mesh pattern and a tie that would be used at the back of the head.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The diadem almost functions like a phonetic syllable, but the Tec- in tecpan (and therefore in Tecpanecatl) has the same root as tecuhtli. Note how different this glyph is from several other glyphs that use the cuauhtecpantli fence-like structure as a phonetic indicator, something Marc Thouvenot identified in a personal communication, 30 September 2024. One glyph does use a diadem (tec-) and a flag (-pan-), and some glyphs use a flint knife (tecpatl) as a near homonym for tecpan and Tecpanecatl.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

simō. tecpanecatl

Gloss Normalization:

Simón 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 phonogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Politics, Power, Governance

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

tied, bound, or bundled

Keywords:

nobles, diademas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tecpaneca(tl), a name and a title of a person associated with the tecpan or perhaps the neighborhood surrounding it, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpanecatl
tecuh(tli), also spelled teuctli, a lord, high noble, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

(título de una persona asociada con el tecpan)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 882r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=836&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 period

Historical Contextualizing Image: