Tepacho (MH495v)

Tepacho (MH495v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tepacho (“He Governs People”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a left hand, facing toward the viewer's right. It must be a hand that symbolizes governance.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

matheo
tepacho

Gloss Normalization: 

Mateo Tepacho

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
Syntax: 
noun(s)
indefinite "te"
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Politics, Power, Governance
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
facing right
profile view
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

tepacho, a governor, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepacho
te- (indefinite pronoun), people, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/te
pachoa, to govern, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pachoa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Él Gobierna Gente

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 495v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=70&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).

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