Huacmitl (MH537v)

Huacmitl (MH537v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Huacmitl (“Laughing Falcon-Arrow,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a profile view of what we presume to be the laughing falcon, the huactli. Its wings, tail, and feet all suggest movement. Behind the falcon is an arrow mitl) at a diagonal.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Some arrows were made from the tzihuactli, the floral shaft of the agave. Perhaps the huactli bird is provided here as a phonetic indicator for tzihuactli.

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

paltasal huacmitl

Gloss Normalization: 

Baltazar Huacmitl

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
visible movement
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
facing right
profile view
pointed (see also spiky)
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
front to back
Keywords: 

arrows, flechas, birds, pájaros, hunting

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

huac(tli), a bird, laughing falcon, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huactli
mi(tl), arrow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Halcón-Flecha

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 537v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=154&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: 
"l" for r
"p" for b, u, or v
"s" for z
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

mitl (Mdz40r)

Tzihuacmitl (MH659r)