Mazatl (MH483v)

Mazatl (MH483v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for the personal name Mazatl ("Deer," attested as a man's name here) shows a deer's head in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. The deer's coat is textured. Its antlers are bifurcated on both sides. Its eye is open and its mouth is closed.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Mazatl is a day sign in the calendar. The person bearing this name was probably born on a mazatl day. Which number from 1 to 13 would have accompanied this calendrical name is uncertain. By the time of this manuscript (1560) the numbers could drop away inadvertently, or perhaps they were being suppressed by clergy who did not approve of the continued involvement with the autonomous-era, 260-day, divinatory calendar and its religious significance.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

maçatl

Gloss Normalization: 

Mazatl

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: 
calendrics
day name
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Xitlali Torres

Shapes and Perspectives: 
bifurcated
facing right
profile view
pointed (see also spiky)
Keywords: 

deer, venado, días, days, dates, fechas, calendarios, calendars

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

maza(tl), deer, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mazatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Venado

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 483v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=45&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: 
"ç" for z or tz
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

mazatl (Mdz13v)

mazatl (Mdz47r)

mazatl (Mdz42r)