Totol (MH484v)

Totol (MH484v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph represents the personal name Totol. It is the head of a hen (totolin), possibly a turkey hen. The head is shown in profile, looking up and to the viewer's right. There is a protrusion above the (closed) beak, and the protrusion curves upward. The feathers on the head are red; perhaps some are also white (or else this is a result of the way the colorant was applied).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The totolin of the Matrícula de Huexotzinco is much simpler than the totolin of the Codex Mendoza, as the examples below will indicate. Notice how the name Totol is just the stem of the word totolin.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā totol

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Totol

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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Xitlali Torres

Colors: 
red
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

hens, gallinas, turkeys, guajolotes, pavos

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

totol(in), hen, turkey hen, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/totolin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Gallina

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 484v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=48&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: 

totolin (Mdz7v)

totolin (Mdz21v)