Acatototl (MH813v)

Acatototl (MH813v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Acatototl (perhaps “Bird of the Reeds”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a large bird (tototl) with a thick bill or beak. It is shown in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Behind the slightly raised wing is a vertical cane or reed (acatl).

Description, 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:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

vertical, upright

profile view

facing right

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

back to front

Keywords:

cañas, carrizo, tordo, pájaros, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

acatoto(tl), a bird found in the reeds, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acatototl
aca(tl), reed, cane, carrizo, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acatototl
toto(tl), bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tototl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Pájaro Tordo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 813v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=701&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: