tochtli (MH485r)

tochtli (MH485r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black line drawing of the simplex noun for a rabbit (tochtli) doubles as a personal name, Tochtli. This rabbit is shown only as a head, in profile looking to the viewer's right. Its ears are long and tilted back. Its coat is textured. Its eye is open.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Tochtli was a popular name for Nahua men. It was a calendrical day sign and year sign. This rabbit may have its mouth slightly open and perhaps a tooth visible, but it is not clear. Unlike this example from the Matrícula de Huexotzinco, most rabbits in the Codex Mendoza have protruding fangs.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

perido tochtli

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Tochtli

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: 
calendrics
year name
day name
personal name
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
dotted, granular, textured
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

rabbits, conejos, xiuhpohualli, año, turquesa, xihuitl

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

tochtli, rabbit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tochtli.

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 485r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=45&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tochtli (MH485v)