Aztatl (MH491r)

Aztatl (MH491r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Aztatl ("Egret" or "White Heron") shows a standing egret in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. Its eye is open. Its feet are not shown.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals: Birds
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

José Aguayo-Barragán

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

pájaros, garzas

Museum & Rare Book Comparisons: 
Museum/Rare Book Notes: 

This image of what may be an aztatl (white egret) is part of a reproduction of a mural that appears on a pier in Chapala, Jalisco. Photo by S. Wood, 31 January 2025.

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

azatl, snowy egret, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/aztatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Garza Blanca

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 491r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=61&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: