Nezahualtecolotl (MH686r)

Nezahualtecolotl (MH686r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Nezahualtecolotl (perhaps “Fasting Owl,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of the head of a coyote. Its ears are squared-off at the top. Its eyes are large and round, but just drawn as empty circles.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

There is a propensity for owl faces to be shown in a frontal view and to have their ears squared off, but not exclusively so, as can be glimpsed below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

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)

verb

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:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

frontal view

Keywords:

buhos, tecolotes, ojos, orejas, rituales, ayuno, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

nezahualli, a ritual fasting, going without food, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nezahualli
tecolo(tl), the Great Horned Owl, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecolotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

buho ayunador, o tecolote ayunador

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 686r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=452&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).

Orthography:

dropped "n"

dropped "o"

Historical Contextualizing Image: