Aztamecatl (MH650r)

Aztamecatl (MH650r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Aztamecatl (perhaps "Egret Rope") is attested here as a man's name. It shows the head of a white heron (aztatl) or egret, in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. It has a long and curvy neck. A rope (mecatl) is twisted loosely around the neck.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

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:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Gender (male)

Hunting and Fishing

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Rope, cord

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

facing right

profile view

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

tied, bound, or bundled

Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

garzas, pájaros, sogas, cordones, cazar, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

azta(tl), white heron or snowy egret, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/aztatl
meca(tl), a cord or rope, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Soga para Garzas

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 650r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=382&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: