Moto (MH839v)

Moto (MH839v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Moto (“Squirrel”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a squirrel in profile, facing right, and standing on two legs. It has a mottled coat and long curving claws. Its ears are small.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See another Moto hieroglyph on MH833v (below).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

anto. moto

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Moto

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)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

animales, ardillas, nombres de hombres

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

moto(tli), squirrel, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mototli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Ardilla

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 839v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=753&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: 

Moto (MH833v)