Tencol (MH543r)

Tencol (MH543r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Juan 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/chin (tentli) and something twisted (colli), providing a semantic and a phonetic element to the name.

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: 

juā tencol

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan 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, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic possibilities
Syntax: 
col syllable (from colli)
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Health, Medicine
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

lips, labios, espirales, coils, correas, barbillas, guerreros valientes, 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
tecol, grandfather, ancestor, great uncle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecol
tencol(li), a chin strap worn by the brave to show their courage, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tencolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Correa para la Barbilla

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 543r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=165&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 (MH520r)

Tencol (MH571r)

Tencol (MH649r)

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