Tlacatecpanecatl (MH688v)

Tlacatecpanecatl (MH688v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or title Tlacatecpanecatl is attested here as a man’s name. It shows the head of a person (tlacatl) in profile, facing the viewer’s right. This appears to be a phonetic indicator for the Tlaca- start to the name, which is likely more about a lord than an average person. Below the head is a fence-like structure (cuauhtecpantli), which is another phonetic indicator for -tecpan, the middle part of the title/name.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Thanks are due to Marc Thouvenot for pointing out in a personal communication, 30 September 2024, the use of cuauhtecpantli for glyphs that contain -tecpan-.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Writing Features: 
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

government, gobierno, palacio real, stones, piedras, nombres de hombres, títulos

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

tlaca(tl), a person or a lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacatl
Tecpanecatl, a name and a title, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpanecatl
tecpan, a ruler's palace, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpan
tecpancal(li), a palace or a royal home, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpancalli
-ecatl (affiliation suffix), typically added to a place ending in -pan, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ecatl-0
cuauhtecpan(tli), a wooden screen, lattice, grate, grille, railing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtecpantli
tepozcuauhtecpan(tli), an iron railing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepozcuauhtecpantlii

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

(un título/nombre)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 688v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=457&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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