Coatecpoyotl (MH692v)

Coatecpoyotl (MH692v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or occupation, Coatecpoyotl (perhaps “Serpent-Town Crier”), is attested here as pertaining to a man. The glyph shows the tribute payer himself with an added hair length. His hair consists of a pony tail that is tied with a white wrap, wrapped around the hair three times. Perhaps town criers wore their hair long.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The glyph for the occupation of tecopoyotl shows a man with long hair, too. On the other hand, the tianquiztli crier does not have long hair. See below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

luys covatecpoyotl

Gloss Normalization:

Luis Coatecpoyotl

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

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)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Hair (human or animal)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Occupations

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

tied, bound, or bundled

Keywords:

cohuatl, serpientes, víboras, culebras, pregoneros, oficios, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tecpoyo(tl), a town crier, public announcer, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpoyotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Serpiente-Pregonero

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 692v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=465&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:

"y" for i

intrusive "v"

Historical Contextualizing Image: