coatl (MH485r)

coatl (MH485r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for serpent or snake [coatl has been carved from the compound sign for the personal name, Mixcoatl. In this black line drawing, the snake is shown in profile, looking to the viewer's right. Its forked tongue protrudes. One eye is visible. It also has spots. Its body has a loop in it, with the head going to the right and the tail to the left. There is a suggestion of rattles at the end of the serpent's tail.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
day name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Xitlali Torres

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Keywords: 

snakes, serpents, serpientes, víboras, cohuatl

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

coatl, snake, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatl.

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el serpiente

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 485r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=45&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).

See Also: 

Mixcoatl (MH485r)