coatl (Azca12) | Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs

coatl (Azca12)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This red, white, and tan painting of the element coatl (serpent) has been taken from the personal name glyph, Xiuhcoatl (see below).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Azcatitlan, Codex (Azca)

Date of Manuscript:

post-1550, but content about the migration from Aztlan to about 1527

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

perhaps Tlatelolco, Mexico City

Syntax:

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Mouth/Beak Open

Tongue Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

Shapes and Perspectives:

pointed (see also spiky)

curving, curvy, curved

Keywords:

cohuatl

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

coa(tl), serpent, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatl

Image Source:

The Codex Azcatitlan is also known as the Histoire mexicaine, [Manuscrit] Mexicain 59–64. It is housed in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and hosted on line by the World Digital Library and the Library of Congress.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15280/?sp=12&st=image

Image Source, Rights:

The Library of Congress is “unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection.” But please cite Bibliothèque Nationale de France and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.

See Also:

Xiuhcoatl (Azca12)