Coayaotequihua (MH746r)

Coayaotequihua (MH746r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name or title, Coayaotequihua (“Serpent War Leader”), is attested here as a man’s name or title. It shows an undulating serpent (coatl) body in profile, as though moving toward the viewer’s right. Its body is dotes, it has a rattler tail, its eye is open, and its bifurcated tongue protrudes. Above and perhaps somewhat behind the snake is something shaped like a capital letter M, but with twisted cords or rope bending over from the top of both corners of the M shape. We learn from other glyphs in this collection that this symbol relates to the Tecpanecatl (usually, providing the phonetic -tecpan- from cuauhtecpantli, but not in this case).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

A third-level tlatoani (or tlahtoani, with the glottal stop) in Amecameca had this title. See: Ursula Dyckerhoff, "Grupos étnicos y estratificación socio-política: Tentativa interpretación histórica," Indiana 19/20 (2001–2003), 155–196, especially p. 169.

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

covayaoteguihua

Gloss Normalization: 

Coayaotequihua

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Writing Features: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

serpientes, víboras, títulos, trabajo, oficios, líderes, gobierno, nombres de hombres, cohuatl, cuauhtecpantli

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Serpiente-Jefe de Guerra

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 746r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=570&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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