Tecuhilama (MH856r)

Tecuhilama (MH856r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecuhilama (“Noble Older Woman”) is attested here as a woman’s name. The glyph shows the head of a woman in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. Her face has horizontal wavy lines (wrinkles) that suggest she is aged. None of the visuals suggest anything about her noble status.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This person is said to be a widow (icnocihuatl). She may have been named for a famous person, such as the one named Tecuhilama–or Citlal Tecuhilama–who was “installed” to an important position according to the Anales de Tlatelolco [See: “Caudillos, Reyes, y Jueces Gobernadores Mexicas (Siglos XII al XVI,” a blog by César Morlán from 2017, https://del-anawak-al-mundo.blogspot.com/2017/02/.]

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

gatalena tecuilama

Gloss Normalization:

Catalina Tecuhilama

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)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Aging (People, Animals, Things)

Gender (female)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

wrinkles

Keywords:

nobles, viejas, nombres de mujeres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tecuh(tli), a lord, high noble, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli
ilama, an elder woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ilama

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Vieja Noble

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 856r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=784&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).

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