Cuailacatz (MH835r)

Cuailacatz (MH835r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuailacatz (perhaps “Twisted Head”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head (cuaitl) of a man in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. The hair on this head is tangled (ilacatztic) or twisted.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Another interpretation for this name could be “Conch Head.” The twisting of the hair is reminiscent of the grass called malinalli or one of the glyphs for Tlilpotonqui (see below).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pe^o. quaylacaz

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Cuailacatz

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:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Hair (human or animal)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

cabezas retorcidas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cua(itl), human head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuaitl
ilacatz(tli), a spiral, a conch, or something rolled up, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ilacatztli
Ilacatztic, crooked, bent, or tangled, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ilacatztic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Cabeza Retorcida

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 835r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=744&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:

"q" for c

"y" for i

Historical Contextualizing Image: