Tziuhcoatl (MH668r)

Tziuhcoatl (MH668r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tziuhcoatl (perhaps “Motmot-Serpent”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a nearly vertical serpent with three small vertical feathers near its back. Its body is spotted, it has a rattler tail, its teeth are showing, and its tongue is protruding and bifurcated.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

One wonders whether the glyph for Tziccoac of the Codex Mendoza (below) may be naming the Tziuhcoatl, given the prominent turquoise color.

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)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Teeth Protruding/Noticeable

Tongue Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

bifurcated

dotted, granular, textured

profile view

facing upward

facing right

Keywords:

plumas, pájaros, serpientes, víboras, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tziuh(tli), a turquoise-browed motmot, a bird with precious feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tziuhtli
Tziuhcoatl, a name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tziuhcoatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Serpiente Emplumado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 668r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=416&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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