Coatl Ichan (MH771v)

Coatl Ichan (MH771v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the place name Coatl Ichan ("Serpent's Home"). It shows a frontal view of a house (calli or chantli) with red wooden beams framing the entryway. In this entryway, there is a spiraling snake (coatl). Its head is off toward the viewer's right. The eye is open, and the bifurcating tongue is protruding. Dots cover the snake's body. The possessive (-I) is implied by the placement of the snake inside the building. It is his.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

covantlichan

Gloss Normalization:

Coatl Ichan (or Coatlichan)

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

place name

Syntax:

noun(s)

possessor suffix (-e)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising

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

Names (places)

Tongue Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

bifurcated

dotted, granular, textured

Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

outward (from inside out)

Keywords:

edificios, casas, hogares, arquitectura, víboras, serpientes, enrollado, punteado, rojo, madera, nombres de lugares, topónimos, barrios

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

coa(tl), snake or serpent, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatl
chan(tli), home, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chantli
i-, (third person singular possessive pronoun)

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Hogar de la Serpiente

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 771v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=617&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: