Xiuhtototl (MH607r) | Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs

Xiuhtototl (MH607r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xiuhtototl (perhaps "Turquoise Bird") is attested here as a man's name.

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

anluso xiuhtototl

Gloss Normalization:

Alonso Xiuhtototl

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

Syntax:

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Turquoise or Jade

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

diamond shape(s)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

Keywords:

turquesas, mosaicos, pájaros, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xihui(tl), turquoise tesserae, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl-0
toto(tl), bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tototl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Turquesa-Pájaro

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 607r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=296&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:

Historical Contextualizing Image:

See Also:

xihuitl (MH537v)

xihuitl (Mxnus19)

xihuitl (Mdz71r)

Xihuitl (MH531r)

tototl (MH607r)