Teix (MH679r)

Teix (MH679r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Teix (perhaps short for “Disrespectful”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows an eye (ixtli). This eye is far from the starry eye of decades earlier; it shows considerable European artistic influences.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Literally, this personal name could mean “in front of people,” but it also seems to have the connotation of confrontation and being disrespectful. See some of the other glyphs, below, that build upon Teix.

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)
indefinite "te"
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

ojos, falta de respeto, comportamiento grosero, nombres de hombres

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

tēīxco tēicpac ninemi, to be rude and disrespectful, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teixco-teicpac-ninemi

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Grosero

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 679r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=438&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: 
"s" for x
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Teixconemi (MH615v)

Teixnequitl (MH519r)

Teixconehui (MH811v)