Tecpoyotl (MH676r)

Tecpoyotl (MH676r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecpoyotl (“Town Crier”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a man in profile, looking to the viewer’s left and toward the head of the tribute payer. He has long hair that is bound at the back of his neck. Four little squares or amorphous shapes appear in front of his mouth, seemingly implying that he is speaking, which could tie in with his being a town crier.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Normally, speech scrolls might be used to show speech or song, but here, we are not seeing volutes.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

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)

visible sound

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Occupations

Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

tied, bound, or bundled

profile view

facing left

Keywords:

pregoneros, oficios, pelo largo, pelo atado, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tecpoyo(tl), town crier, public announcer, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpoyotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Pregonero

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 676r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=432&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: