Tecuachcauhtli (MH510v)

Tecuachcauhtli (MH510v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name (or title), here attested as male, shows the diadem (xiuhhuitzolli) that is emblematic for the term for lord (tecuhtli). The diadem is shown in profile, facing to the viewer's left. It has a tie at the back, a fringe at the top, and a diagonal criss-cross pattern on the main piece. This glyph only provides the start to the name or title, Tecu-. The remainder is not shown visually.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The gloss provides the fuller intention of this glyph, where the visuals are lacking. See our dictionary entries for the elements of the term and their relative meaning.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

mīn
teguachcauhtli

Gloss Normalization: 

Martín Tecuachcauhtli

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
title/office
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Politics, Power, Governance
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
pointed (see also spiky)
diamond shape(s)
profile view
facing left
Keywords: 

coronas, diademas, diadems, crowns, ejecuciones

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

Tecuachcauh(tli), highest lord (a title), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuachcauhtli
tecuach(tli), a small cape used as a form of exchange, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuachtli
tecuh(tli), a lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli
achcauhcal(li), the house of the ruler's executioner https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/achcauhcalli
achcauh(tli), captain, constable, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/achcauhtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Señor Más Alto

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 510r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=99&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: 

tecuhtli (Mdz18r)