tototl (MH522r)

tototl (MH522r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element tototl (bird) has been extracted from the compound glyph for the personal name Coltototl. The bird is standing, facing toward the viewer's right. The bird's beak and its eye is open.

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Mouth/Beak Open
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

birds, pájaros

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

toto(tl), a bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tototl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 522r, World Digital Library.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=123&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).

See Also: 

Coltototl (MH522r)

tototl (MH483r)

tototl (MH523r)

Tototl (MH776v)