Tototetl (MH677r)

Tototetl (MH677r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tototetl ("Bird's Eggs") shows a bird's eye view of a circular nest that seems to contain three bird's eggs (tototetl). The head of a bird that might be sitting on the nest is also visible toward the top of the nest. Its beak is pointing upward at an angle, toward the right.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Given that the nest has more than one egg, it seems the name should be plural (eggs). Birds are numerous in this digital collections, but eggs not so much.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego. tototetl.

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Tototetl

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

pájaros, nidos, huevos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 677r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=434&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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