Amiztlato (MH643v)

Amiztlato (MH643v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Amiztlato ("Leader among Hunters," attested here as a man's name) shows the head of a wildcat or mountain lion (miztli) in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. Its hair is mottled, and it has protruding teeth. The "A-" start to the name and the "-tlato" ending to the name are not shown visually here.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The glyphs in this digital collection for Amiztlato vary somewhat, from a simplex to several compounds (of two or three parts). The spray of water coming out of the animal's mouth can have a dual role, for the A- (from atl, water) and the -tlato (from tlatoa, to speak).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

filipe amitztlatō

Gloss Normalization:

Felipe Amiztlato (or Felipe Amiztlahto)

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax:

noun(s)

verb

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Hunting and Fishing

Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

pumas, agua, hablar, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Amiztlato, a leader among hunters, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/amiztlato
a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl
miz(tli), mountain lion, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/miztli
tlatoa, to speak, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatoa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Líder entre Cazadores

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 643v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=369&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:

"i" for e

"tz" for z

intrusive overbar

Historical Contextualizing Image: