Tocentetzon (MH882v)

Tocentetzon (MH882v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tocentetzon (perhaps “Our Nobleman” or “Our General”) is attested here as a man’s name. Tlacatecatl may be a synonym for Centetzontli. The glyph shows a vertical corncob (centli), which provides the phonetic syllable -cen-. Below the maize cob is a horizontal stone (tetl), with its typical curling ends and diagonal stripes. This provides another phonetic syllable (-te-). The To- start to the name and the concluding -tzon are not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See two examples for the possibly synonym, Tlacatecatl, below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

gregorio . tocentetzon

Gloss Normalization:

Gregorio Tocentetzon

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

ce or cen syllable (from centli, maize cob)

noun(s)

possessive pronoun (no-, to-, i-, etc.)

Writing Features:

compound fully phonographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Corn, Maize

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

diagonal or angled

frontal view

horizontal

leaf, marquise, pointed oval

segmented

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

striped

vertical, upright

Keywords:

nobles, militares, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

centetzon(tli), a noble and/or a ranking military officer, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/centetzontli
to- (first person plural possessive pronoun), our, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/node/175783

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Nuestro Noble, o Nuestro General

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 882v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=837&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:

intrusive period

Historical Contextualizing Image: