Tecuhxochitl (MH830r)

Tecuhxochitl (MH830r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecuhxochitl (literally, “Lord-Flower”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the diadem of a lord in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. It has a triangular shape, a red border, and a mesh pattern on the main part. It is tied where the back of a person’s head would be. Below the diadem is a flower with a stem and leaf. The flower is a quincunx shape, with four large petals and a small round center. Each petal has a line down the middle of it.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pe^o tecuhxochitl

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Tecuhxochitl

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)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flowers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Politics, Power, Governance

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

border (red, plain, or patterned)

checked, cross-hatched, or mesh

facing right

frontal view

profile view

quincunx or quatrefoil

tied, bound, or bundled

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xoch(itl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
tecuh(tli), lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 830r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=734&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: