Tecpanecatl (MH705r)

Tecpanecatl (MH705r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name or title, Tecpanecatl, is attested here as pertaining to a man. The glyph shows a profile view of a diadem that would be worn by a tecuhtli (lord). It is triangular, with a mesh pattern, and (apparently) a tie running along the base of the diadem. This symbol for tecuhtli is a phonetic indicator for the Tec- start to the name. To the right of this crown-like equivalent is an upright rectangular flag or banner, flying toward the viewer’s right. This banner is a phonetic indicator for the -pan- part of the name. The -ecatl suffix is not shown visually in this compound.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Glyphs for the name or title Tecpanecatl often involve a cuauhtecpantli, a wooden construction that may have had a protective function, like a railing, a reading suggested by Marc Thouvenot (personal communication, 30 September 2024). One of these includes a banner (MH492v), and another a flint knife (tecpatl). This range of visual expressions suggests that there was no easy way to represent the name more directly. But the cuauhtecpantli is the most common element.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

angustin tecpanecatl

Gloss Normalization:

Agustín Tecpanecatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully phonographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flags, banners

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Politics, Power, Governance

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

checked, cross-hatched, or mesh

facing right

profile view

tied, bound, or bundled

triangular

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

left to right

Keywords:

palaces, palacios, buildings, edificios, lords, señores, banderas, barandillas, cercas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Tecpanecatl, a personal name, or perhaps someone associated with the tecpan, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpanecatl
tecuh(tli), lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli
tecpan, a royal palace, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpan
pan(itl), flag or banner, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/panitl
pam(itl), flag or banner, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pamitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Persona Asociada con el Palacio

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 705r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=488&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:

intrusive "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: