Tecolotl (MH685v)

Tecolotl (MH685v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecolotl (“Great Horned Owl”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of the head of an owl (tecolotl). Its eyes are large empty circles. It has two squared-off protrusions on the top of its head. At the center of the top of its head appears to be the top of an arrow.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See some other owls and Eagle-Owls below, taking note of the way their ears are shaped, the size of their eyes, the fact that they are typically shown in a (somewhat intimidating) frontal view.

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)
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: 
frontal view
Keywords: 

buhos, tecolotes, nombres de hombres

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

tecolo(tl), Great Horned Owl, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecolotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Tecolote

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 685v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=451&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: 
"ll" for l
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tecolotl (Mdz20r)

Tecolotl (MH665v)

Tecolotl (Verg7v)

Cuauhtecolotl (MH525v)