Motlahueli (MH504v)

Motlahueli (MH504v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for the personal name Motlahueli ("Became Angry," attested here as a man's name), shows what may be an open mouth (possibly human, possibly animal) with sharp teeth. The chin has some undeciphered stripes. The whole glyph has an S-shape--perhaps meant to make the reader think of a serpent--with what may be an animal-like nose at the top.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The gloss is unclear. Might it be interpreted as motlahuelo, perhaps "He Was Angered"?

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Sanctos
motlahueli

Gloss Normalization: 

Santos Motlahueli

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)
reflexive ("no" or "mo")
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Emotions
Gender (male)
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Personality, Behavior
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood and Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
S-shapes (any direction)
curving, curvy, curved
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

anger, enojo, angered, enojado, dientes, serpientes, nombres de hombres

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

motlahuelia, to become angry, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/motlahuelia

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Enojado

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 504v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=88&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: 
See Also: 

Cocol (MH602r)