Cuatlecallan (MH835v)

Cuatlecallan (MH835v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuatlecallan (“Near the Smoke Vent”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a human head (cuaitl) in profile, facing the viewer’s right. The hair on this person has bee converted to red flames of fire (tletl). The -callan ending to the name is not shown visually. But there are enough logographic elements in the compound to cover Cuatle-.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This compound is fully logographic if head and fire are literally or semantically important in the name. It might help to locate other examples of this name in hieroglyphic form. The construction of this personal name suggests a place name. But perhaps the location of what is perceived as a vent is on the head.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

ant^o cuatlecalan

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Cuatlecallan

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

Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

fuego, llamas, humo, pelo, cabello, cabeza, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cua(itl), human head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuaitl
tlecal(li), a chimney or smoke vent, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlecalli
-tlan (locative suffix), by, among, near, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlan

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Cerca de la Salida de Humo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 835v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=745&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:

"l" for ll

Historical Contextualizing Image: