Yohualcoacatl (MH606v)

Yohualcoacatl (MH606v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of a large, round, black dot (suggesting night, yohualli) and a serpent (coatl) represents the personal name Yohualcoacatl (here, attested male). It may translate "Night-Serpent." The serpent is shown in profile, with a large head on the right side of the black circle and a short, pointed tail on the left. The serpent's eye is open, and its bifurcated tongue protrudes. The suffix on the name (-catl, but not shown visually) may suggest an ethnic affiliation with a place, such as Yohualcoalco.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

antoo yovalcoacatl

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Yohualcoacatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Writing Features: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

noche, serpientes, cohuatl, serpents

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Persona Afiliada con la Noche-Serpiente

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 606v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=295&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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