Itzcuin (MH676v)

Itzcuin (MH676v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Itzcuin (“Dog”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a dog in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. This dog’s face has a black mask over the eyes.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The mask on this dog’s face is not the norm for glyphs for the personal name Itzcuin or Itzcuintli (see below). But one glyph of a dog with black lines on its face is for Xolotl, may suggest the dog called xoloitzcuintli. In this Xolotl glyph.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

perros, máscaras, mascarillas, nombres de hombres

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

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Perro

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 676v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=433&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: 
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Itzcuin (MH634r)

Itzcuintli (MH519v)

itzcuintli (TR8r)

Xolotl (MH812r)