Cuatlahuitolle (MH676r)

Cuatlahuitolle (MH676r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuatlahuitolle (“Possessor of a Head Bow” or “Someone with Crazy Ideas”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a bow (tlahuitolli) with a string sitting horizontally on top of the head (cuaitl) of the tribute payer. Because it builds upon the head of the tribute payer, the head becomes a part of the glyph.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See below for a bow that can be found in the Codex Mendoza.

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)
possessive pronoun
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Face Paint or Tattoos
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

arcos, cabezas, nombres de hombres

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

cua-, having to do with the human head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cua-0
cua(itl), human head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuaitl
tlahuitol(li), a bow (of a bow and arrow), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlahuitolli
-e (possessive suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/e-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cabeza de Arco, o Persona con Ideas Locas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 676r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=432&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: 
"v" for u, uh, or hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tlahuitolli (Mdz66r)