Oztoquipanecatl (MH721v)

Oztoquipanecatl (MH721v)

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or ethnicity, Oztoquipanecatl (“Person from Oztocquipan”), is attested here as pertaining to a man. The glyph shows a frontal view of a cave, which is animal-like, with widely spaced eyes and fangs. The entrance to the cave is like an open mouth, and it is dark inside. The cave (oztotl) is a logogram, and the other elements of the name are not obviously shown.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See below for two other examples of caves, two of which are also shown in a frontal view, and one in a profile. This one and the additional examples all have curling lips and protruding fangs, with the animal mouth being the entrance to the cave. This earth monster is similar to the crocodilian monster that is shown in a full-body, side view in Oxichan (Mdz49r).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Florentine/Florentinus, Codex (FC)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

cave, caves, cueva, cuevas, animales, boca abierta, fangs, colmillos, etnicidades, pueblos, topónimos, nombres de lugares, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

ozto(tl), cave, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/oztotl
oztoc, in or at the cave, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/oztoc
ipan, on, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ipan
-ecatl (affiliation suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ecatl-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

(una persona de Oztoquipan)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Available at Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 10: The People", fol. 39v, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/10/folio/39v/images/0 Accessed 10 September 2025

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cuezaloztoc (Mdz10v)

Oztoman (Mdz10v)

Oztoman (Mdz37r)

Oxichan (Mdz49r)

oztotl (FCbk10f121r)