Miztlatoa (MH524r)

Miztlatoa (MH524r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Miztlatoa (or Miztlahtoa, with the glottal stop) ("Mountain Lion Speaks") is attested here as a woman's name. It shows the head of a wild cat in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. Its ears are upright, visible eye open, tongue protruding, coat textured, and three speech scrolls emerge from its mouth. They curl under.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This is one of several examples in this collection of animal sounds made visible with volutes.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

maria mizt...

Gloss Normalization:

María Mizt[lahtoa]

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

verb

visible sound

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Gender (female)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)

Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition

Tongue Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

dotted, granular, textured

facing right

profile view

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

Keywords:

pumas, wild cats, wildcats, mountain lions, speech, speaks, hablar

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

miz(tli), wild cat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/miztli
tlatoa, to speak, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatoa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Puma-Habla

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 524r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=127&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: