Mizcol (MH486r)

Mizcol (MH486r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This glyph in a black line drawing stands for the personal name Mizcol. It is possibly a simplex, possibly a compound hieroglyph. The drawing is very scribbly, and therefore it is a challenge to decipher. It could be a wild cat, such as a mountain lion or puma (miztli).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The "col" part of the name may be the root for grandfather or ancestor (colli). This name is vaguely reminiscent of the famous Acolmiztli. His name has a different order, plus the added water (atl) element. Questions remain, and thus any assessment as to whether this is a logogram or a phonogram cannot be ascertained.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juā miscol

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Mizcol

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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Keywords: 

wild cat, wildcat, puma, mountain lion (questions remain **)

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

miz(tli), wild cat or mountain lion, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/miztli
col(li), ancestor, grandfather, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colli
Acolmiz(tli), personal name and the name of a ruler or other prominent figure, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acolmiztli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 483r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=45&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).

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