Tenoch (MH898r)

Tenoch (MH898r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tenoch is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a horizontal stone with a couple of the usual hallmarks–a diagonal line across the middle and curling ends. Above the stone is a fruit of the (nochtli) prickly pear cactus. This is the usual compound glyph for the name of Tenochtitlan, the capital city, but also the glyph for the name of the legendary founder and ruler, Tenoch.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See other example of the Tenoch hieroglyph, below. Also, the glyph for the name Teonolxochitl is quite similar. The reason for this requires further research.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

matheo tenoch

Gloss Normalization: 

Mateo Tenoch

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)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Politics, Power, Governance
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
striped
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Keywords: 

nopales, tunas, piedras, nombres famosos, nombres de hombres

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

te(tl), stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl
noch(tli), prickly cactus fruit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nochtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Tenoch (nombre del fundador de Tenochtitlan)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 898r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=868&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: 
"th" for t, d, or gd
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tenoch (Mdz2r)

Tenoch (MH658v)

Teonolxochitl (MH722r)

Teonolxochitl (MH796r)