Tozcoyotl (MH523v)

Tozcoyotl (MH523v)
Compound Hieroglyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tozcoyotl (here, attested as a man's name) shows two upright feathers, presumably feathers from a yellow parrot (toztli). The vanes are left natural. Downy barbs appear at the bottom of each feather, coming off the quill. Above the feathers is the head of a coyote (coyotl) shown in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. The ears are standing up, the visible eye is open, mouth and nose are visble, and there are a few lines of texturing to the animal's coat.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o tozcoyotl

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Diego Tozcoyotl

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals: Birds

Animals: Coyotes/Wolves

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

dotted, granular, textured

facing right

profile view

vertical, upright

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

feathers, plumas, coyotes, nombres de hombres, men's names

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

toz(tli), yellow parrot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/toztli
coyo(tl), coyote, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coyotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Loro Amarillo-Coyote

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 523v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=126&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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