tecuacuilli (Mdz6r)

tecuacuilli (Mdz6r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tepecuacuilco ("At the Hill of the Priest"?). It shows the head of a man with long hair in profile, facing toward the viewer's left. His long hair is wrapped and tied. He also has a white head band and a piece of paper or leather that is tucked into the head band at about the temple, and it comes down along the side of his face.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

There are many definitions for tecuacuilli, and so further research is warranted here.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

c 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
cuil (tracking)
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Paper
Religion (Indigenous)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
tied, bound, or bundled
profile view
facing left
Keywords: 

priests, sacerdotes, pelo largo, cabello envuelto

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

tecuacuil(li), a priest, a statue, image, or figurine, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuacuilli

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

statue

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 06 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 22, of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).

See Also: 

Tepecuacuilco (Mdz6r)