Tecuanipan (MH544r)

Tecuanipan (MH544r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the place name Tecuanipan ("On the Beast" or "On the Jaguar"). It shows a profile view (facing left) of the head of a ferocious animal with sharp, visible teeth and a protruding tongue. This animal has a long curly mane, much like a lion might be drawn with European stylistics.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tequanipa

Gloss Normalization: 

Tecuanipan

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: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (places)
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Tongue Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
profile view
shading and parallel line hatching
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

lions, leones

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

tecuani, wild beast, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuani
pan, locative suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pan

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 544r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=167&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: 
"q" for c
dropped "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: