Tocuiltecatl (MH580r)

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name and/or military title Tocuiltecatl (attested here as a pertaining to a man) shows an upright flag (panitl) with two horizontal dark stripes, a finial at the top of the staff, two short, thin, fabric strips curving off the back, and the main rectangle extending out toward the viewer's right.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This flag looks something like the flag associated with the festival of the month, Panquetzaliztli. The component parts of this title could be "To-" (our, possessive pronoun), ocuilin (worm), and -tecatl (affiliation). One of the glyphs in the Codex Mendoza shows a green worm. Further study is indicated. The verb cuiloa (to paint or write) could also share a root with Tocuiltecatl, which literally says "One from Tocuillan."

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

matheo.tocuiltecatl

Gloss Normalization:

Mateo Tocuiltecatl

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:

calendrics

personal name

title/office

Syntax:

cuil (tracking)

noun(s)

possessive pronoun

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flags, banners

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Time, Calendar, Frequency

War or Conflict

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

nombres de hombres, oficios, militares, títulos, banderas, fiestas, meses, panquetzaliztli

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Tocuilteca(tl), military title, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tocuiltecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Tocuiltecatl (un título militar)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 580r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=239&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:

Tocuiltecatl (MH580r)

Tocuiltecatl (MH580r)

Tocuiltecatl (MH532r)

Tocuiltecatl (Mdz65r)

panquetzaliztli (TR5r)

Tocuillan (Chav12)

Tocuillan (MH612r)

panitl (TR5r)