Huilotl (MH640r)

Huilotl (MH640r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Huilotl ("Mourning Dove," attested here as a man's name) shows a three-quarter view of a bird with its wings raised in flight. It faces toward the viewer's left. Its visible eye is open, and its beak is closed. Feathers are delineated on the wings and tail, but the color of the bird would seem to be white.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

uilutl

Gloss Normalization: 

Huilotl

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: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
profile view
Keywords: 

birds, doves, pigeons, pájaro, paloma de luto, nombres de hombres, feathers, plumas

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

huilo(tl), mourning dove, a bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huilotl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 640r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=362&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: 
See Also: 

huilotl (Mdz15v)