Coamani (MH616r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Coamani is attested here as a man's name.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
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Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Keywords:
snakes, serpents, víboras, serpientes
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
coa(tl), serpent, snake, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatl
ma(itl), hand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maitl
mani, to be like, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mani
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
Como La Serpiente
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 616r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=314st=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).
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