Cuatlil (MH783r)

Cuatlil (MH783r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuatlil (perhaps “Blackened Head”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a man’s head, facing toward the viewer’s right. The top of the head is painted black.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The top of the head looks something like a skull cap or perhaps black hair; it is not clear. Black combines with other elements in various names, such as eyes and rain. See below. Tlilpotonqui is also especially prevalent as a name. The gloss for this name has the first letter partially scribbled out.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

anto. quatlil

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Cuatlil

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: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Color names
Gender (male)
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: 

color negro, cabeza, nombres de hombres

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

cua(itl), the human head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuaitl
tlil(li), black (color), ink, paint, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlilli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cabeza Negra

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 783r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=640&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
errors and revisions
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Ixtlil (MH708v)

Ixtlil (MH626r)

Tlilquiyahuac (MH647r)

Tlilpotonqui (MH617v)