Totolmetz (MH672v)

Totolmetz (MH672v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Totolmetz (perhaps “Turkey Leg”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a ¾ view of a three-dimensional leg (metztli) and foot of a turkey (tototl) with sharp claws.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See other examples (and vocabulary) for birds’ feet, below. Terms that include the element "metz" can refer to groin, hip, thigh, leg, foot, or even toes. See our Online Nahuatl Dictionary, searching Glyph Name "contains." Of course, the term metztli possibly more often refers to the moon.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

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)

reduplication (in gloss/text)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals: Misc.

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

3/4 view

profile view

three-dimensionality

Keywords:

pavos, guajolotes, pies, garras, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

totol(in), domestic wild turkey, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/totolin
metz(tli), leg of a person or animal, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/metztli-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Garra de Guajolote

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 672v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=425&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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