Ocelotl (MH500r)

Ocelotl (MH500r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ocelotl (here, attested as a man’s name) shows the head of a jaguar (ocelotl) in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. His visible eye is wide open, teeth are sharp and visible, and his tongue is long an protruding significantly. His coat is spotted, and his whiskers stand out from his face. His appearance is somewhat ferocious.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Some slanting lines cover part of the jaguar's tongue, but it is unclear if this is intentional shading. There is no shading around the ear, for instance.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego
ocelotl

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Ocelotl

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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Tongue Protruding/Noticeable
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Hair (human or animal)
Gender (male)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

jaguars, jaguares, animales, tongues, lenguas, rojo, nombres de hombres

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

ocelo(tl), a jaguar, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ocelotl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 500r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=79&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: 

ocelotl (Mdz52r)

Ocelotl (MH514r)

ocelotl (TR15v)

ocelotl (CQ)

Ocelotl (MH648r)