Cuatiza (MH877r)

Cuatiza (MH877r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuatiza (perhaps “Head of Chalk”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a human head (cuaitl) in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Three rounded shapes sit on top of the head. Perhaps these represent chalk (tizatl).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Sometimes tizatl appears dotted, but in other glyphs it appears in clumps. See examples below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juo. quatiça

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Cuatiza

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)
Landscape Features
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: 

tiza, varniz, cabezas, nombres de hombres

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

cua(itl), head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuaitl
tiza(tl), chalk or varnish, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tizatl
Cuatizatepec, a placename or toponym, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuatizatepec

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

literalmente, Cabeza-Tiza

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 877r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=826&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: 
"ç" for z or tz
"q" for c
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tizapanecatl (MH727v)

Tizatemoc (MH619v)

Tizatepec (Mdz21v)