Teocuitlaecatl (MH752r)

Teocuitlaecatl (MH752r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Teocuitlaecatl (perhaps "Gold Divine Force of Wind") is attested here as the name of an elite male (member of the pipiltin). The glyph shows an anthropomorphic head in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. There are black vertical lines on the cheek, and the mouth is shaped something like the buccal mask through which the deity Ehecatl blew the wind around.

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: 
calendrics
day name
deity name/theonym
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Gender (male)
Metals, Minerals, Mining
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

deidades, religión indígena, nombres de días, nombres de deidades, nombres de hombres, viento, aliento aire, mascarillas

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

teocuitla(tl), gold, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teocuitlatl
eca(tl), air or breath, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ecatl
eheca(tl), wind or the divine force of wind, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ehecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Fuerza Divina del Viento de Oro (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 752r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=582&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: 
intrusive "y"
Historical Contextualizing Image: