Teucchopitl (MH680r)

Teucchopitl (MH680r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Teucchopitl is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view (facing right) of a diadem of the type worn by a lord (tecuhtli). It has a tie for the back of the head, a triangular shape with a mesh pattern, and a white border. The border at the top is somewhat fringed. The -chopitl part of the name is not shown visually, or at least not obviously. Chopitl is the name of a famous enslaved person in history, and there is a house associated with the name.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis, 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: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Politics, Power, Governance
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
tied, bound, or bundled
triangular
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

diademas, coronas, nobles, nombres de hombres

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

tecuh(tli), a lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli
Chopitl, name of an enslaved person in history, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chopitl
chochopi(tl), a type of bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chochopitl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 680r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=440&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: 

Calchopitl (MH658r)