Tencol (MH520r)

Tencol (MH520r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Pedro Tencol ("Warrior's Chin Strap") shows a coiling line coming from the tribute payer's own mouth. This seems to refer both to the lip (tentli) and something twisted (colli), providing the phonetic elements to the name, which is not meant to be literal, unless it refers to a hare lip.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

If the "n" is intrusive, then the name could be Tecol, which could mean Grandfather or Ancestor.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

peo tencol

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Tencol (or Tecol)

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
phonetic possibilities
Syntax: 
noun(s)
verb
Writing Features: 
compound fully phonographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
War or Conflict
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
profile view
facing right
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
left to right
Keywords: 

lips, labios, espirales, coils, guerreros valientes, correas, barbillas, nombres de hombres

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

ten(tli), lip, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tentli
col(li), something bent or twisted, curled, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colli-1
col(li)), grandfather, ancestor, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colli
tencol(li), a chin strap worn by the brave to show their courage, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tencolliatl.wired-humanitie...
tecol, grandfather, ancestor, great uncle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecol

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Correa para la Barbilla

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 520r, World Digital Library.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=119&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tencol (MH543r)

Tencol (MH571r)

Tencol (MH649r)

Tencol (MH679r)