Yaoitzcuin (MH644r)

Yaoitzcuin (MH644r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Yaoitzcuin ("War Dog," attested here as a man's name) shows the head of a dog (itzcuintli) in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. Its eye and mouth are open. Below the dog's head is a war (yaotl) shield, but it is drawn in the form of a turtle (ayotl) shell. Ayotl is a near homonym, so this is a phonetic indicator for yaotl.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The increasing replacement of war shields (yaotl) with turtle shells (ayotl) deserves research. It could be a voluntary or imposed suppression if the more threatening glyph name, and then a gradual forgetting.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

sabastia yauyzcui

Gloss Normalization: 

Sebastián Yaoitzcuin

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

shields, rodelas, escudos, perros, combatientes, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Guerra-Perro

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 644r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=370&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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