Achiteotl (MH507r)

Achiteotl (MH507r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Achiteotl gives a frontal view of the upper body and head of an anthropomorphic figure with a raised hand and wild hair. The visual may suggest divinity, which is part of the name (-teotl). The start of the name, Achi- means "a little." So, the name might translate "a little bit divine" or "a little divinity"--?

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

One might see in this drawing something of an apparition, perhaps a figure in the mind of an Indigenous Christian--? The extra lines coming off of the figure's body may suggest movement. The Codex Mendoza has a much recurring glyph for teotl that is a half sun (see below), nothing like this figure. Sometimes, in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco, the Teo- prefix of a name is triggered phonetically with a stone (tetl), as in Teoxoch and Xochiteotl. But in another example of Teoxoch, a face is drawn to represent the teotl syllable.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

antonio
achiteotl

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Achiteotl

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

visible movement

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Movement

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous Christianity)

Religion (Indigenous)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing left

profile view

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

figuras divinas, divinidades, fuerzas divinas, fuerzas sagradas, apparitions, Christian

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

achi, a little, a small amount, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/achi
teo(tl), a divine force, a deity, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Un Poco Divino(?)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 507r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=93&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: