Aztatzon (MH549v)

Aztatzon (MH549v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Aztatzon (“White Heron Hair,” attested here as a man’s name) shows the head and neck of a white heron in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. The beak is long and skinny, the eye is open, and the neck undulates. Straight black hair has been added to the bird's head, and it is blowing straight backwards.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

mardi atztatzon

Gloss Normalization: 

Martín Aztatzon

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Humor (potentially)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
facing right
profile view
pointed (see also spiky)
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
right to left
Keywords: 

birds, pájaros, white, blanco, cabello, pelo

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

azta(tl), egret, white heron, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/aztatl
tzon(tli), hair, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Cabello de La Garza Blanca (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 549v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=178&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: 

aztaxelli (Mdz50r)

aztatl (Mdz21v)