Amacozatl (MH663r)

Amacozatl (MH663r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Amacozatl (the name of a river in the hotlands, and perhaps translating as "Water From the Amacoztic Trees") is attested here as pertaining to a man. The glyph consists of a square sheet of paper (amatl) with a short stream of water (atl) running by and touching the lower right corner of the piece of paper (amatl). The stream has three droplets splashing off, each droplet taking the form of a small circle. The stream has thing black lines of current running down the middle. The "coz" (yellow) part of the name is not shown visually.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

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Syntax: 
Writing Features: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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Keywords: 

agua, papel, colores, amarillo, árboles, plantas

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Agua de los Árboles Amacoztic, o Agua de los Árboles de Papel Amarillo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 663r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=406&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).

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