Huitlalotl (MH855v)

Huitlalotl (MH855v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Huitlalotl (“Crested Guan”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows simply a feather (ihuitl) at an angle. It apparently is recognizable as a feather from a bird called the crested guan (huitlalotl).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See below for two more examples of a huitlalotl hieroglyph. One shows a crest on the top of the bird’s head.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

juā vitlalotl

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Huitlalotl

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)

Shapes and Perspectives:

diagonal or angled

Keywords:

pájaros, plumas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

huitlalo(tl), a crested guan (bird), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huitlalotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Pava Crestada

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 855v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=783&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:

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: