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 Claw”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a ¾ view of a three-dimensional foot of a turkey (tototl) with sharp claws.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

We have yet to determine the -metz part of this name. See other examples (and vocabulary) for birds’ feet, below.

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)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

three-dimensionality

profile view

3/4 view

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

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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: