Coatlahuiz (MH748v)

Coatlahuiz (MH748v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound personal name, Coatlahuiz (perhaps “Serpent Insignia”) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a vertical pole with a snake twisting around it, climbing upwards, and its head is in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Its eye is open, and its bifurcated tongue is protruding.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This insignia, if that is what it is, shows what may be European influence. See this online medical insignia with the pole being climbed by a snake. This is also known as the staff or rod of Asclepius, also spelled Aesculapius, a divine Greek healer.

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)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Tongue Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

bifurcated

curving, curvy, curved

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

serpientes, víboras, palos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

coa(tl), serpent or snake, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatl
tlahuiz(tli), insignia, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlahuiztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Insignia de Serpiente

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 748v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=573&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).

Orthography:

"t" for d

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: