teixcuamol (FCBk10F33r)

teixcuamol (FCBk10F33r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black and white drawing of the compound glyph for the noun teixcuamol, which refers to a noble man or woman. The stone (tetl) provides the phonetic value for the te- start to the word. It is a vertical stone with diagnostic diagonal stripes and curling ends. The eyes (ixtli) provide the phonetic indicator for the second part of the word, -ix-. The way the eyes are drawn are nothing like the early, starry eye, but show considerable European artistic influence. The -cuamol is not expressed visually, but the gloss provides the full word.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This term is a metaphor for a noble lineage. The contextualizing image shows noble women standing in a group, dressed in their long huipiles and skirts, with their hair done in the neaxtlahualli style.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Teixquamul

Gloss Normalization:

teixcuamol

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Florentine/Florentinus, Codex (FC)

Date of Manuscript:

1577

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully phonographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (female)

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

striped

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

nobleza, mujeres, hombres, sociedad, jerarquía

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

teixcuamol, a noble man or woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teixcuamol

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_10615?/sp=40&st=image

Image Source, Rights:

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Historical Contextualizing Image: