Tecuiton (MH818r)

Tecuiton (MH818r)
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 profile of a man’s head facing toward the viewer’s right. He wears a pointed diadem on his head, tied at the back. His eyes may be closed, which could mean that he is not alive.

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: 
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: 
Gender (male)
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
diminutive (visual)
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

nobleza, nobles, diademas, diminutivos, nombres de hombres

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

tecuh(tli), a lord, a high noble, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli
-ton(tli), smallness, little, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tontli
Tecuiton, a name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuiton

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Señor Pequeño

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 818r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=710&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 "c"
intrusive "h" or "hu"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tecuiton (MH811r)

Tecuiton (MH638r)

Tecuhchol (MH640v)