Tequixquinahuacatl (Mdz68r)

Tequixquinahuacatl (Mdz68r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This name for a judge includes the word tequixquitl (saltpeter or an efforescent carbonate that was used in medicines). The speckled terracotta substance must be intended as this carbonate. The mass has been given a mouth so that it could speak (see the turquoise-blue speech scroll or volute emerging from its "mouth"). Thus, these are both phonetic indicators meant to bring forth the compound name for the judge.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tequixquinahuacatl
alcalde/.

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Semantic Categories: 
phonetic dimensions
title/office
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully phonographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Names (places)
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
left to right
Keywords: 

juezes, nombres, salitre, medicinas, hablar, bocas, volutas

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

Tequixquinahuacatl, the name of a high judge, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tequixquinahuacatl
Nahuacatl, the name of the sixth son of Tizocic, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nahuacatl
Nauhacatl, Four Reed, or 4-Reed, a calendrical name,

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 68 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., Image 146 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)

See Also: 

tequixquitl (FCbk11f69v)