Ticomecatl (MH709r)

Ticomecatl (MH709r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or ethnicity Ticomecatl (“One from Ticoman”) is attested here as pertaining to a man. The glyph shows some cords or ropes (mecatl) tied or arranged in a complex shape, partly an M-shape.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Shapes similar to this construction echo in some of the glyphs shown below, which end in -tecatl or -ecatl. So, perhaps this symbol is meant to provide a visual for the affiliation suffix.

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)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Rope, cord

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

M-shapes

Keywords:

nombres de hombres, nombres de lugares, ollas, sogas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Ticomecatl, a person from Ticoman, perhaps also a title, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ticomecatl
com(itl), ceramic jug, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/comitl
meca(tl), rope or cord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Persona de Ticoman

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 709r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=496&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:

"o" for u or uh

"y" for i

Historical Contextualizing Image: