Tecuach (MH817r)

Tecuach (MH817r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecuach (“Trading Cape”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of the head of somebody (Te-) facing toward the viewer’s right, which serves as a phonetic indicator for the start of the name. To the right of this head is a vertical rectangle with a mesh or woven pattern that is suggestive of a cape (cuachtli). Together, these elements tell the reader that this person is named for a small cape (tecuachtli) that was used as a currency.

Description, 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)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
profile view
frontal view
facing right
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
left to right
Keywords: 

mantas, telas, textiles, medio de cambio, trueque, nombres de hombres

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

tecuach(tli), a small cotton cape that was type of currency, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuachtli
cuach(tli), a large cape, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuachtli
te- (nonspecific human object prefix), someone or people in general, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/te

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Manta Pequeña Para Trocar

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 817r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=708&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: 
"g" for c, q, or x
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

cuachtli (Mdz30r)

Cuaochpa (MH745v)

pañocuachcalli (CST9)