Huitzilihuitl (MH642v)

Huitzilihuitl (MH642v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This faded black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Huitzilihuitl ("Hummingbird Feather," attested here as a man's name) shows a humingbird (huitzilin) in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. It has a long, thin beak. Its two legs are visible, with the feet curving under. The bird also appears to be in flight (movement), with its visible wing raised.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

agusti uitziliuitl

Gloss Normalization:

Agustín Huitzilihuitl

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)

Movement

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

pointed (see also spiky)

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

huitzil(in), hummingbird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huitzilin
ihui(tl), feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ihuitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Colibrí

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 642v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=367&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:

dropped "h"

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: