Amiztlato (MH875v)

Amiztlato (MH875v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Amiztlato (“A Leader among Hunters”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows what looks like the sign for Tecpanecatl (e.g. MH591r, MH785r, or MH778v).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Any relationship between Amiztlato and Tecpanecatl remains elusive. Note, below, how the typical Amiztlato signs feature a cougar (miztli) with water coming out of his mouth like words (for the verb, tlatoa).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

gaspar . amiztlato

Gloss Normalization:

Gaspar Amiztlato

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:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Hunting and Fishing

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Keywords:

cazar, cazador, líder, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

amiztlato, a leader among hunters, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/amiztlato

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Líder entre Cazadores

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 875v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=823&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 period

Historical Contextualizing Image: