Coatepoyotl (MH487v)

Coatepoyotl (MH487v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Coatepoyotl (here, attested as a man's name) shows the head of an animal in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. It has long thin ears. Its visible eye is open. It has a small eyebrow above it. Its coat has some texturing lines, and its mouth and nose are black.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The Coa- start to the name would suggest something to do with serpents. The -tepoyotl can refer to a public crier or an officer (see our dictionary entry). This glyph requires further research.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

po covatepoyotl

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Coatepoyotl

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
title/office
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Occupations
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

animales, títulos, oficios, nombres de hombres

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

coatl, snake, serpent, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatl.
tepoyotl, a job, a title, or a name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepoyotl.

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Serpiente-Pregonero

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 487r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=53&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).

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