Teixil (MH788v)

Teixil (MH788v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Teixil (perhaps, “He Stabbed People”), is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a left hand grasping a lance, which is pointed downward at an angle.

Description, 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)
War or Conflict
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

lanzas, lanzada, estocada, nombres de hombres

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

te- (non-specific human object prefix), people, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/te
ixili, to stab with a lance, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixili

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Apuñaló a la Gente con una Lanza

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 788v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=651&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: 
"th" for t, d, or gd
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tlacopan (CmpRG)

Xicolazacamitl (MH661v)