Opochtli (MH545v)

Opochtli (MH545v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Opochtli (“Left [Handed],” attested here as a man’s name) actually (and probably inadvertently) shows a right hand. It is a frontal view, from below the wrist up to and including the finger tips. A left hand was probably intended, judging by the gloss.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The divine force for war, Huitzilopochtli, has the two elements of "hummingbird" and "left" in his (famous) name, so this is not an unknown component for a name.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

dio opochtli

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Opochtli

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: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Gestures with hands
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
frontal view
Keywords: 

hands, manos, izquierda, left

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

opoch(tli), on the left, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/opochtli-0
Opochtli, The Left, a rain deity, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/opochtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Izquierda

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 545v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=170&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: 

maitl (Mdz32r)

maitl (Mdz37r)