Teicuilo (MH687v)

Teicuilo (MH687v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Teicuilo (perhaps “He Carved a Design with Stone,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a hand in profile, facing the viewer’s right, and holding a writing implement. The hand is in the act of writing (icuiloa). There is no stone (tetl) visible.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

If this is not about stones, perhaps the Te- is the nonspecific human object prefix, and the name refers to someone who writes for people or draws people? Perhaps the intent is to refer to a portrait artist? Further research would be beneficial.

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: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Education, Knowledge, Wisdom
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Occupations
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Writing, Literacy
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

escritor, notario, escribir, oficios, artista, piedras, gente, nombres de hombres

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

teicuiloa, to use a stone to carve a design, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teicuiloa
tlacuilo, painter, notary, scribe, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacuilo

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 687v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=455&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: 
"ll" for l
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: