Yaotl (MH497r)

Yaotl (MH497r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Yaotl ("The Combatant") shows a war shield with a four-part division and a cross in the middle. The upper right and lower left quadrants have dark diagonal lines, while the other two quadrants are left blank. The top and bottom lines of the shield curve inward.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This shield shows European influences. It is not like the chimalli of the autonomous era.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
War or Conflict
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
cross (+)
curving, curvy, curved
pointed (see also spiky)
quincunx or quatrefoil
segmented
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

rodelas, escudos, shields, coats of arms, armas, enemigos, combatientes

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

yao(tl), enemy, combatant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Combatiente

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 497r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=73&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: 

cuexyo (Mdz49r)

Techimalli (CmpRG)