Cuaitz (MH537r)

Cuaitz (MH537r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuaitz (“Obsidian Head,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a profile view of a man's head facing toward the viewer's right. Above the head, and connected by a black line, is a black, horizontal, rectangular, obsidian blade. The man's visible eye is open. His mouth is also slightly open, and some teeth are visible.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

roque.quaytz

Gloss Normalization: 

Roque Cuaitz

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: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
rectangular
profile view
horizontal
facing right
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Keywords: 

nombres de hombres

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

cua, head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cua-2
itz(tli), obsidian blade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cabeza de Obsidiana

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 537r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=153&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: