Poyotzin (MH616v)

Poyotzin (MH616v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black and white rendering of the personal name glyph Poyotzin could have two readings, one as stemming from the noun poyotl, evil or decaying, or the other, Poyontzin, from the common name Poyon. The name Poyon is an apocopation of the term for a narcotic plant substance, poyomatli (or poyomahtli, with the glottal stop). The visuals are reminiscent of the ritual device called the tlilpotonqui (see below), or perhaps they are a flower, such as those seen in the glyphs for the name Poyon.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Dieo poyotzin

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Poyotzin

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: 
Death, decay, decomposition
Feathers
Flowers
Gender (male)
Intoxicating drugs, hallucinogens
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

poyo(tl), evil or decaying, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/poyotl
-tzin (reverential suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzin
poyomah(tli), hallucinogenic drug mixture to drink or smoke, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/poyomahtli
ololiuhqui, a flowering, narcotic plant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ololiuhqui
peyotl, the mescal cactus, whose buttons, when consumed, produce a narcotic effect, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/peyotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Algo Malvado o Decaído (_)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 616v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=315st=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: 

Tlilpotonqui (MH563v)

Tlilpotonqui (MH573v)

Poyon (MH567v)

Poyon (MH622r)

Poyoma (MH543r)