Acatlo (MH902r)

Acatlo (MH902r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Acatlo (perhaps “Reed-Prairie Falcon”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a horizontal, segmented reed (like bamboo or carrizo, in Spanish, acatl in Nahuatl). Above the reed is a prairie falcon with its head up and its wings extended in a ¾ view.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

joseph . acatlo

Gloss Normalization: 

Josef Acatlo

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: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals: Birds
Feathers
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
3/4 view
horizontal
segmented
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Keywords: 

halcones, praderas, cañas, nombres de hombres

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

aca(tli), reed or cane, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acatl
tlo(tli), a prairie falcon, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlotli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Caña-Halcón de la Pradera

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 902r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=876&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: 
"p" or "ph" for f, p, or b
intrusive period
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tlotli (MH827r)

acatl (Mdz42r)