Azcatl (MH833v)

Azcatl (MH833v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Azcatl (“Ant,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a profile view, facing upwards, of an ant. The ant has four visible legs and two small wings on its back.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The "Azteca" genus of ants does have wings. See this Wikipedia page for more information and an image.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

dio azcatl

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Azcatl

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: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Humor (potentially)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing upward
profile view
Keywords: 

ants, hormigas, bugs, insects, insectos, bichos, nombres de hombres

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

azca(tl), an ant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/azcatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Hormiga

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 833r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=741&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: 
See Also: 

Azcatl (MH503v)

Azcatl (MH549v)

Azcatl (MH578v)

azcatl (Mdz5v)

azcatl (Azca7)