Mazatl (MH486r)

Mazatl (MH486r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black and white drawing of the simplex glyph for a deer (mazatl) doubles as a personal name, Mazatl, for a man named Diego Mazatl. The deer's head is shown in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. Its coat has a little texturing. It has two antlers showing on one side, and three on the other. The deer's mouth is open slightly.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Mazatl is a day sign in the calendar. The person bearing this name was probably born on a mazatl day. Which number from 1 to 13 would have accompanied this calendrical name is uncertain. By the time of this manuscript (1560) the numbers could drop away inadvertently, or perhaps they were being suppressed by clergy who did not approve of the continued involvement with the autonomous-era, 260-day, divinatory calendar and its religious significance.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego maçatl

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Mazatl

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.
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jose Aguayo-Barragan and Stephanie Wood

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

calendarios, calendars, days, días, dates, fechas

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

maza(tl), deer, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mazatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Venado

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 483r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=51&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: 
"ç" for z or tz
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Mazatl (MH483v)

Mazatl (MH485r)