Texauhqui (MH603v)

Texauhqui (MH603v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or occupation, Texauhqui (“Face Painter,” attested here as pertaining to a man) shows a profile view of the head of a man looking toward the viewer's right. On his cheek is a square with what may be a flower inside.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The Te- at the start of the name or occupation is the indefinite pronoun which suggests that he paints people's faces. Some sources suggest that this kind of face painting was done in a pre-contact style (in the "way of the ancients"). The petals of a flower are not clear, but the quincunx shape is reminiscent of some representations of the glyph for icuilolli, a painting (or a piece of writing).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

texauhgui~

Gloss Normalization: 

Texauhqui

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
indefinite "te"
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Art, Design, Crafts, etc.
Face Paint or Tattoos
Flowers
Gender (male)
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Occupations
Writing, Literacy
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

pinturas, pintacaras, tatuajes, caras

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

texauhqui, a face painter, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/texauhqui
xahua, to shave, to paint the face, to array oneself in the ancient manner, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xahua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Él Que Pinta Caras

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 603v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=289st=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: 

Cuilol (MH520r)