Tecuhtoz (MH554v)

Tecuhtoz (MH554v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tecuhtoz (“Lord-Yellow Parrot,” attested here as a woman’s name) shows a diadem with a a mesh pattern and what would probably be a yellow parrot feather tucked into the tie at the back of the diadem.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juana teccuhtoz

Gloss Normalization: 

Juana Tecuhtoz

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Gender (female)
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diamond shape(s)
leaf, marquise, pointed oval
pointed (see also spiky)
triangular
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
left to right
Keywords: 

birds, pájaros, parrots, loros, yellow, amarillo, lords, señores, feathers, plumas, diademas, nombres de mujeres, género

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

tecuh(tli), lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli
toz(tli), yellow headed parrot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/toztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Noble Loro Amarillo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 554v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=188&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)

tecuhtli (MH521v)

toztli (Mdz46r)

Toztli Icuil (MH498v)