Citlalcoatl (MH569r)

Citlalcoatl (MH569r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Citlalcoatl (“Star-Snake,” attested here as a man’s name) shows six-pointed star (citlalin) with a small round circle at the center. Behind the star is an upright, semi-coiled, serpent (coatl), shown in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. It has spots, its eye is open, and its bifurcated tongue is protruding.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The star his shows some European stylistic influence compared to the white dots on a black background, such as can be seen in the Codex Mendoza of years earlier.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pedro citlalcouatl

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Citlalcohuatl

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.

Celestial Phenomena

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Daniel Chayet and Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

spiky

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

vertical, upright

Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

front to back

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

snakes, serpents, serpientes, víboras, culebbras, stars, estrellas, xiuhpohualli, año, turquesa, xihuitl

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

coa(tl), snake/serpent, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatl
citlal(in), star, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/citlalin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Estrella-Serpiente

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Daniel Chayet

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 569r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=217&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: