Cicuil (MH536r)

Cicuil (MH536r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cicuil ("Small Body," "Carcass," or maybe “Ribs,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a small naked body in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. His visible eye is open, his mouth is open, and his arms are reaching forward. He has no hair on his head, and he is not clothed. His ribs are pronounced. His expression is somewhat forlorn.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Note how prominent the ribs are in the other glyphs for the name Cicuil, below.

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego. zicuil

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Cicuil

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
cuil (tracking)
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Emotions
Gender (male)
Health, Medicine
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Nudity
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

skinny, flaco, bones, huesos, ribs, costillas, nude, nudity, desnudez, nombres de hombres

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

cicuil(li), ribs, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cicuilli
omicicuil(li), ribs, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/omicicuilli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Costillas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 536r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=151&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: 
"zi" for ci
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Huilan (MH509r)

Motzetzelo (MH506v)

Tecuanitzin (MH532r)

Cicuil (MH642v)

Cicuil (MH555r)