Itzcuin (MH634r)

Itzcuin (MH634r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Itzcuin (shor for itzcuintli, “Dog,” attested here as a man’s name) shows the head of a dog in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. Its eye is open, as is its mouth, and its tongue protrudes. Its teeth are visible. The dog's two ears stand up.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Itzcuintli is a day sign in the 260-day divinatory calendar. Typically, such a day sign would combine with a number from 1 to 13. Here, the number was inadvertently dropped or perhaps suppressed, given that calendrics were a significant part of Nahuas' religious views of the cosmos.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

ytzcuin

Gloss Normalization: 

Itzcuin

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: 
calendrics
day name
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Tongue Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

dogs, perros, calendarios, calendars, dates, fechas

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

itzcuin(tli), dog, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itzcuintli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el perro

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 634r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=350st=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: 

itzcuintli (TR8r)

itzcuintli (Mdz16r)

itzcuintli (Mdz8r)

Itzcuintli (MH519v)