tecuhtli (MH521v)

tecuhtli (MH521v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for the noun "lord" [tecuhtli shows a diadem in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. It has a red trim and tie (probably leather) at the back, and the front has a criss-cross diamond pattern.

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Leather, hides
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood and José Aguayo-Barragán

Colors: 
red
Shapes and Perspectives: 
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
diamond shape(s)
facing right
profile view
pointed (see also spiky)
tied, bound, or bundled
Keywords: 

diadems, diademas, crowns, coronas, leather, piel, señores, teuctli

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

tecuh(tli), a lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Señor

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 521v, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=122&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: 
See Also: 

tecuhtli (Mdz55r)

tecuhtli (MH508r)

Tecuhtoz (MH554v)