teotl (MH619v)

teotl (MH619v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the element for teotl (divine force, divinity, deity) doubles as the simplex glyph for the personal name Xochiteotl. It shows a small female figurine, which is one of the translations for nenetl, a female doll. But nenetl also refers to female genitals and, here, a deity image. That this is a deity image reinforces the interpretation that it is representing the word teotl.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The evolution of the hieroglyphic representation of teotl shows a move from teotl as a half sun towards a more personalized teotl, seemingly through the influence of Christianity.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

ato^o xochiteutl

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Xochiteotl

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:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous Christianity)

Religion (Indigenous)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

vertical, upright

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

divinities, deidades, divinidades, estatuas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

teo(tl), divinity, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Deidad

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 619v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=321st=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:

"u" for o

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: