tototl (MH523r)

tototl (MH523r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of a bird (tototl) has been taken from the compound glyph for the personal name Chalchiuhtototl. The bird is shown in profile, facing the viewer's right. It has one foot raised, as though it is walking (in motion). Its visible eye is open. It has a long beak and a small wing.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

As the examples below demonstrate, what was called a tototl could vary considerably, suggesting that this is a generic term.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

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

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

birds, pájaros, en movimiento

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 523r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=125&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: 

Chalchiuhtototl (MH523r)

tototl (MH483r)

tototl (Mdz13r)

tototl (Mdz46r)

tototl (Mdz48r)

tototl (TR25r)

Tototl (MH648v)

Tototl (MH776v)