Citlal (MH673r)

Citlal (MH673r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Citlal (“Star”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a somewhat Europeanized depiction of a star. It has eight wavy points, each one with a line down the middle that is reminiscent of the line of current (movement) in water. At the center of the star is a small circle.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Note how different stars are shown in earlier glyphs, such as are found in the Codex Mendoza. In the Telleriano-Remensis a group of stars include the small white circles and a more Europeanized star.

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)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Celestial Phenomena
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
spiky
pointed (see also spiky)
wavy
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

estrellas, nombres de hombres

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

citlal(in), star, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/citlalin-2

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Estrella

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 673r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=426&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: 

Citlaltepec (Mdz17v)

citlalin (Mdz63r)

citlalin popoca (TR44v)