tepotzotli (MH545r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This black-line drawing of the element tepotzotli (the noun, hunchback) doubles as the glyph for the personal name Cuauhtepotzotli. It shows an eagle (cuauhtli) with a hunchback. The eagle's head is twisted back, as though looking at its hunchback.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
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Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
tepotzo(tli), a hunchback, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepotzotli
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 545r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=169&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).
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