Tencol (MH571r)

Tencol (MH571r)
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 (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" was inadvertently dropped from the gloss, then the name could indeed be Tecol, which could mean Grandfather or Ancestor.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juā tecol

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Tencol (or perhaps 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: 
noun(s)
indefinite "te"
visible sound
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Family, Kinship, even Friendship
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

curving, bent, tíos abuelos, great uncles, lips, labios, curvados, curvos, torcidos, guerreros valientes, barbillas, correas, nombres de hombres

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

tecol, grandfather, ancestor, or 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
col(li), curved or twisted thing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colli-1
col(li), grandparent or ancestor, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Correa de Barbilla

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 571r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=221&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 (MH543r)

Cocol (MH515v)

Cocol (MH520v)

Tencol (MH679r)