Tecuiton (MH811r)

Tecuiton (MH811r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecuiton (“Little Lord”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a man in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. He must be a high noble (tecuhtli). He wears a triangular diadem with a mesh pattern. It is tied at the back of his head.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The orthography of this name–with the “i” following the “u”--is not the standard, but it is known. There is a Tetecuitzin who appears in the works of Chimalpahin, for instance. And Thelma Sullivan writes: “El tecutli (también tecuitli, tecuictli) era fundador de una teccalli, casa de mayorazgo, o una pilcalli, casa solariega. Fueron llamados 'Principales' por los españoles." See: Documentos Tlaxcaltecas del siglo XVI en lengua náhuatl (1987), 51.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

pedro tecuihctō

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Tecuiton

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: 
diminutive (in gloss/text)
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Measurements, Quantities
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
tied, bound, or bundled
triangular
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

diademas, coronas, jerarquía social, nobles, nombres de hombres

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

tecuh(tli), a lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli
-ton(tli), small, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tontli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Noble Pequeño

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 811r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=696&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).

Orthography: 
intrusive "h" or "hu"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tecuhtli (Mdz64r)

tecuhtli (MH521v)

Tecuhcholoa (MH737v)

Tecuhchol (MH640v)