Yohualcoacatl (MH606v)

Yohualcoacatl (MH606v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of a large, round, black dot (suggesting night, yohualli) and a serpent (coatl) represents the personal name Yohualcoacatl (here, attested male). It may translate "Night-Serpent." The serpent is shown in profile, with a large head on the right side of the black circle and a short, pointed tail on the left. The serpent's eye is open, and its bifurcated tongue protrudes. The suffix on the name (-catl, but not shown visually) may suggest an ethnic affiliation with a place, such as Yohualcoalco.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

anto^o yovalcoa^catl

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Yohualcoacatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie 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.

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Tongue Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

profile view

facing right

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

front to back

Keywords:

noche, serpientes, cohuatl, serpents

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

yohual(li), night, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yohualli
coa(tl), serpent or snake, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatl
-catl (affiliation suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/catl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Persona Afiliada con la Noche-Serpiente

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 606v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=295&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: