Ahuitzotl (Azca27)

Ahuitzotl (Azca27)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the unglossed compound glyph for the personal name Ahuitzotl (named for a water marsupial like an opossum), shows water surrounding the animal, which is vertical, with its head pointing upward, and its legs out in front of it. The water swirls around the animal, with short lines showing movement, and eight or nine little splashes with shells at their tips.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Part of this glyph was obscured by surrounding objects, so we have digitally reconstructed it a bit. See the contextualizing image for the original. Normally, we would call an unglossed glyph an iconographic example, but because this manuscript lists the rulers of Tenochtitlan in order, we have no doubt about the interpretation of this name glyph. Also, it is sufficient like the other examples of this name glyph that are found below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Azcatitlan, Codex (Azca)

Date of Manuscript:

post-1550, possibly from the early seventeenth century.

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

perhaps Tlatelolco, Mexico City

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals: Misc.

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Water

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing upward

profile view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inward (from outside in)

Keywords:

gobernantes, imperio, animales, agua, marsupiales

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Ahuitzotl, eighth ruler of Tenochtitlan, named for a water marsupial, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/Ahuitzotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Ahuitzotl (nombre de un emperador que siguió Tizocicatl al poder)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

The Codex Azcatitlan is also known as the Histoire mexicaine, [Manuscrit] Mexicain 59–64. It is housed in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and hosted on line by the World Digital Library and the Library of Congress, which is “unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection.”
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15280/?sp=27&st=image

Image Source, Rights:

The Library of Congress is “unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection.” But please cite Bibliothèque Nationale de France and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.

Historical Contextualizing Image: