Tecolotl (Verg7v)

Tecolotl (Verg7v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tecolotl (“Owl,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of an owl's (tecolotl) head with ears upright, big round eyes, and a beak that points downward. Below the owl is a vertical stone (tetl) with its usual curling ends and wavy diagonal stripes.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The tetl is there to provide a phonetic indicator that the name starts with "Te-". It has no semantic value.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego.tecolotl

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Tecolotl

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Vergara, Codex (Verg)
Date of Manuscript: 

1539

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Tepetlaoztoc, near Tetzcoco

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

tecolo(tl), Great Horned Owl, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecolotl
te(tl), stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl-0

Image Source: 

Codex Vergara, folio 7v, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f22.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: