tototl (MH483r)

tototl (MH483r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black line drawing is an element for a bird (tototl) has been carved from the compound sign for the personal name, Xochitototl. The bird is shown only as a head in profile, facing to the viewer's right. Its eye is open, and its beak is closed.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Judging by the variety of birds that were called tototl, this would appear to be a generic term.

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

birds, pájaros

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

tototl, bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tototl.

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 483r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=45&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: 

Xochitototl (MH483r)

Tototl (MH648v)

tototl (Mdz13r)

tototl (TR25r)

Tototl (MH776v)