Tencuecuenotl (MH840v)

Tencuecuenotl (MH840v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tencuecuenotl (perhaps “Foul-Mouthed Person”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a man in profile (facing right). His mouth is open and a chile pepper seems to dangle from his protruding tongue.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The chilli seems to indicate the foul language of noun tencuecuenotl. Alternatively, this name may be Tecuecuenotl, which was a name held by a person who was alive at the time of the Spanish invasion and later made it into the history books. Perhaps this person here, may be named for that more famous figure.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
reduplication (in gloss/text)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Personality, Behavior
Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition, Languages
Tongue Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
volute(s)
Keywords: 

personalidad, comportamiento, nombres de hombres

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

tencuecueno(tl), a foul-mouthed person, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tencuecuenotl
Tecuecuenotl, a personal name, of a “prince” alive at the time of the Spanish seizure of power, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/Tecuecuenotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Persona Malhablada

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 840v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=755&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: 
dropped "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tencuecuenotl (MH671v)