Tecuecuetlaxo (MH832v)

Tecuecuetlaxo (MH832v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black and red drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecuecuetlaxo (perhaps "Like Lordly Tanned Leather") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a double, horizontal band of red leather (cuetlaxtli) tie, perhaps like the type worn by lords (tecuhtli) at the back of their crowns, or perhaps a loincloth. The final -o in the name is shorthand for -yotl, having the nature of. This is not represented visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

miguel tecuecuetlaxo

Gloss Normalization:

Miguel Tecuecuetlaxo

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)

reduplication (in gloss/text)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Gender (male)

Leather, hides

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Politics, Power, Governance

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

red

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

tied, bound, or bundled

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuetlax(tli), tanned leather; cured hide, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuetlaxtli
tecuhtli, a lord, an important nobleman heading a lordly house or teccalli, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli
-yotl, having the nature of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yotl

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 832v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=739&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: