Tecuixoxol (MH651r)

Tecuixoxol (MH651r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecuixoxol is attested here as a man's name.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The meaning of Tecuixoxol requires further research. We have included some vocaulary in the dictionary field that might help with a translation. We do believe the Tecui- start to the name refers to a lord. Perhaps this is a foolish lord or perhaps a lord who is a shyster?

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

checked, cross-hatched, or mesh

profile view

facing right

Keywords:

diademas, coronas, nobles, elites, capas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tecuh(tli), lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli
xoxolo tilma(tli), clothing of servants, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xoxolo-tilmatli
xoxolo(tl), a weak or stupid person, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xoxolotl
texoxoloti, to be a fool or to fool people, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/texoxoloti

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Señor de Ropa Sencilla (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 651r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=384&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).

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