Totonametl (MH751r)

Totonametl (MH751r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Totonametl ("The Sun" or the "Resplendent One") is attested here as pertaining to a man. It shows a bird in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. Its visible eye is open, its wings are raised, and a number of short lines come off the bird at about the level of its feet.

Description, 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)

visible movement

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Feathers

Gender (male)

Mouth/Beak Open

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

el sol, resplandeciente, pájaro, rayos de sol, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Totonametl, the resplendent one (the sun), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/totonametl
tonal(li), a day, the sun, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tonalli
toto(tl), a bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tototl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Sol, o El Resplandeciente

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 751r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=580&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).

Orthography:

"v" for b

Historical Contextualizing Image: