Tequicen (MH537v)

Tequicen (MH537v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tequicen (“Tribute Maize” or "Cut Maize," attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of an ear of corn (attested as both cintli and centli). The kernels form a pattern on the ear. The husk is gone; a short stem remains. The Tequi- start of the name may come from the way the ear of corn has been cut and cleaned of its silk and husk.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Woo

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

agostin teq~ce

Gloss Normalization: 

Agustín Tequicen

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)
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Corn, Maize
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
segmented
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

maize, corn ears, maíz, mazorcas, agricultura, trabajo, granos

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

tequi, to cut, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tequi
tequi(tl), work, labor, tribute, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tequitl
cen(tli), ears of maize, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/centli-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cortar-Mazorca

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 537v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=154&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: 

cintli (Mdz34r)

cintli (TR14r)

xilotl (MH487r)

Olchical (MH501r)

Molcatl (MH515v)

Tzihuacxilotl (MH492r)