Coatecatl (MH729r)

Coatecatl (MH729r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Coatecatl (a person from Coatlan, which is a place “next to the snakes”) is shown here as pertaining to a man. The glyph is a horizontal, spotted, undulating serpent. In lieu of the more common bifurcated tongue, the tongue here is a volute that turns under at the external end. The serpent also has a short rattle for a tail.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The first name of this man is Toribio, which was popular in Huejotzingo, likely having as its source the famous name of the Franciscan friar, Toribio de Benavente Motolinia. Incidentally, the goddess Coatlicue had an association with Coatlan, as our entry for Coatecatl states in the Online Nahuatl Dictionary.

Added Analysis, 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)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

Religion (Christian)

Religion (Indigenous Christianity)

Religion (Indigenous)

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Tongue Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

Keywords:

rattles, serpientes, cascabeles, undulante, manchado, nombres de hombres, etnicidad

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Coatecatl, a person from Coatlan, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

una persona de Coatlan

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 729r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=536&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).

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