Moyotl (MH501r)

Moyotl (MH501r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Moyotl (“Mosquito,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a bird's eye view of the insect. Its wings are seemingly transparent or translucent, its body has one line down the middle and thicker black lines crossing the body horizontally. Two front legs or antennae are visible, and the blood-sucking proboscis is notably curled.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juā
moyotl

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Moyotl

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

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

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
facing left
bird's eye view
frontal view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
striped
Keywords: 

mosquitos, mosquitoes, insects, insectos

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

moyo(tl), a mosquito, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/moyotl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 501r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=81&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: 
See Also: 

Moyotl (MH566v)

Moyotl (MH536r)

pipiyolin (Mdz16r)

Xicotencatl (MH515r)

Moyotl (MH832r)