Motli (MH813v)

Motli (MH813v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Motli is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows what appears to be a cacaxtli (carrying frame), probably made of wood and tied together. We also have a glyph much like the cacaxtli glyphs that is glossed huacalli. Finally, there could be a similarity to the cozolli (baby carrier). See below. But we have yet to find a satisfactory explanation for the term motli. Perhaps there is an error in the gloss and moctli is meant, or maybe mochi?

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

antonio motli

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Motli

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: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Transportation, Travel, Roads
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
frontal view
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 813v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=701&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: 

cozolli (Mdz57r)

cacaxtli (Mdz42r)

huacalli (MH487v)

tlamama (TR41v)