Tecolotl (MH797r)

Tecolotl (MH797r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecolotl (“Owl”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Note, below, how tonalli can be expressed in glyphic form with a ring of short lines. And the tecolotl had associations with Tezcatlipoca and was believed to impact humans in the form of tonalli. See: Mexicolore.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

baplo tecolotl

Gloss Normalization: 

Pablo Tecolotl

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: 
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
shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement
Keywords: 

bujos, tecolotes, tonalli, fuerzas divinas, nombres de hombres

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

tecolo(tl), 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 797r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=668&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: 
"b" for p or f
"p" for b, u, or v
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tecolotl (Mdz20r)

Tecolotl (Verg7v)

Tecolotl (MH665v)

Tecolotl (MH685v)