Tecuilhuitl (MH836r)

Tecuilhuitl (MH836r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tecuilhuitl (“Lords’ Feast Day”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a diadem of the type worn by lords (tecuhtli). It is triangular with a mesh pattern and a white border, and it is tied at the back. Hanging down from the lower horizontal edge of the diadem are six short lines, like sun rays. These apparently refer to the ilhuitl (day) part of the name. These lines are often used for glyphs or elements representing tonalli (another term for day, and also for the sun).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Some rays will be like very acute triangles. See below for examples that support this visual/iconographic relationship between tonalli and ilhuitl.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

fra^co tecuilhuitl

Gloss Normalization:

Francisco Tecuilhuitl

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

Syntax:

noun(s)

rays (e.g., tonalli, tonatiuh, or ilhuitl)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

border (red, plain, or patterned)

checked, cross-hatched, or mesh

shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement

tied, bound, or bundled

triangular

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

días, calendarios, fiestas, rayos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Fiesta de los Señores

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 836r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=746&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:

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: