Yohuallotli (MH883v)

Yohuallotli (MH883v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Yohuallotli (“Night Raptor”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a ¾ view of a raptor (tlotli) in flight, facing in the direction of the viewer’s right. Below the bird is a circle painted black for the night (yohualli). The compound may stand for a raptor that is active at night.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See other examples of tlotli birds below. One is speckled, but the other two are white, like this one.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

domingo . yovallotli

Gloss Normalization:

Domingo Yohuallotli

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.

Celestial Phenomena

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

3/4 view

circle, circular or rounded

frontal view

profile view

Keywords:

pájaros, noche, rapaces, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlo(tli), a falcon-like raptor, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlotli
yahua(li), nighttime, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yohualli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Rapaz de Noche

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 883v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=839&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:

"v" for u, uh, or hu

intrusive period

Historical Contextualizing Image: