Cuemicuilo (MH514r)

Cuemicuilo (MH514r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph for the personal name Cuemicuilo shows a rectangle, perhaps meant to represent a cuemitl, or agricultural field. Inside the rectangle, which is outlined in red on the top and bottom, are two sections, each containing a quincunx, a flower-like shape with a circle in the middle.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The rectangle with this symbol is often meant to represent a codex or a book, and the symbols inside indicate writing. See, below, some other examples. The reading of cuemitl as an agricultural field deserves further thought. Are the flowers growing in the field symbolic of a paper with writing or perhaps with a stone carving?

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Jua^o cuemicuilo

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Cuemicuilo

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:

cuil (tracking)

noun(s)

verb

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Writing, Literacy

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

purple

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

frontal view

rectangular

right angle(s)

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuemi(tl), agricultural strip, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuemitl
quemi(tl), ritual bib, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quemitl
icuiloa, to paint/write, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/icuiloa

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 514r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=107&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).

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