Aztahuacan (Osu11r)

Aztahuacan (Osu11r)
Simplex Hieroglyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This painted simplex Nahuatl hieroglyph represents the place name Aztahuacan (perhaps, “Place With Egrets”). It shows a white heron in profile, standing, and facing left.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The white heron (or egret) is prized for its white feathers. Evidence for this is visible in the aztaquemitl ritual bib and the aztaxelli double heron feather headdress.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

aztahuacā

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Aztahuacan

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Osuna, Codex (Osu)

Date of Manuscript:

1551–1565

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Semantic Categories:

place name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals: Birds

Feathers

Names (places)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

gray

tan

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing left

profile view

Keywords:

garza, garzas blancas, pluma, plumas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

azta(tl), egret or white heron, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/aztatl
-hua-, possessor suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua
-can, locative suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/can-2

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

la garceta

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Library of Congress Online Catalog and the World Digital Library, Osuna Codex, or Painting of the Governor, Mayors, and Rulers of Mexico, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_07324/. The original is located in the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

Image Source, Rights:

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