Tozcoatl (MH650v)

Tozcoatl (MH650v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tozcoatl (perhaps "Yellow Parrot-Serpent" or "Yellow-Headed Serpent") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a serpent in profile facing the viewer's right. The head of the serpent is very large. Its bifurcated tongue is protruding. Teeth are visible. Curving around the top of the head are three yellow feathers, presumably from the toztli bird. The serpent ends in a rattle, and this is painted yellow, too.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

digo tozcohuatl

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Tozcoatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Steohanie Wood

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)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Gender (male)
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Tongue Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bifurcated
curving, curvy, curved
facing right
profile view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
inherent/internal/merged
Keywords: 

serpientes, plumas, nombres de hombres, feathers

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

toz(tli), yellow-headed parrot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/toztli
coa(tl), snake or serpent, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Serpiente Amarillo (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 650v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=383&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: 
dropped "e"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tozquihua (MH606v)

Toztli Icuil (MH498v)

Tozcuica (MH523v)

Tozcoyotl (MH523v)