Coatlitzon (MH735r)

Coatlitzon (MH735r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Coatlizton (or Coatl Itzon, perhaps “His Hair is a Serpent”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph builds on the head of the tax payer himself. A snake (coatl) curls around from behind the man’s head. The serpent’s head rests above the man’s forehead, on top of his hair (tzontli). The serpent is spotted, its eye is open, and its bifurcated tongue protrudes.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Glyphs that are complete sentences, such as this one, are not terribly unusual. For a few examples, see below. One could separate this name, Coatlitzon, into Coatl Itzon, given that the first word does have its absolutive. But often, with names, these parts are run together in the spelling of the period.

Added Analysis, 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)

phrase or sentence

possessive pronoun

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

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

Gender (male)

Hair (human or animal)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Tongue Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

cabello, pelo, serpiente, nombres de hombres, cohuatl

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

coa(tl), snake or serpent, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatl
tzon(tli), hair, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli
i- (third-person singular possessive pronoun), his/her/its, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/i

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Su Pelo es un Serpiente

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 735r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=548&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:

intrusive "h" or "hu"

Historical Contextualizing Image: