Huitzilihuitl (Mxnus26)

Huitzilihuitl (Mxnus26)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This compound glyph for the personal name Huitzilihuitl ("Hummingbird Feathers"), attested here as a man's name, shows the head of a hummingbird [huitzil(in)] looking toward the viewer's right. Its eye is open, and its beak is closed. The beak is long and pointed. The feathers of the hummingbird's head appear to be yellowish. Surrounding the head are five down feathers. They have a pinkish hue.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Huitzilihuitl was the name of the second ruler of Tenochtitlan. The dates of his rule are inconsisted across various records. According to Chimalpahin, his rule spanned from 1390 to 1415. The Codex Aubin gives 1396 to 1417, and the Codex Chimalpopoca gives 1403 to 1417.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Mexicanus, Codex (Mxnus)

Date of Manuscript:

ca. 1590

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

central Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

pink

yellow or golden

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

facing right

profile view

pointed (see also spiky)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

outward (from inside out)

Keywords:

hummingbirds, colibríes, feathers, plumas, nombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Huitzilihuitl, a personal name, hummingbird feather, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huitzilihuitl

Image Source:

https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15284/?sp=26&st=image. This image is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library, but the manuscript is part of the holdings of Bibliothèque nationale de France and the original source is gallica.bnf.fr/BNF.

Image Source, Rights:

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