Coyotl (MH722r)

Coyotl (MH722r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Coyotl (“Coyote”) shows the head of a coyote in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Protruding from the animal’s mouth is the head of a bird or fowl, which it appears to be eating. When compared to other glyphs for coyotl, this is a rare scene.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Gender (male)
Hunting and Fishing
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

coyotes, nombres de hombres

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

coyo(tl), coyote, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coyotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Coyote

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 722r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=522&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

coyotl (Mdz13r)

Huehuecoyotl (MH777v)

Coyomani (MH834r)

Coyotzin (CQ)