Cuetlach (MH901r)

Cuetlach (MH901r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuetlach (“Wolf”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a wolf in profile, facing right. Notable in the iconography of the wolf (cuetlachtli) are the curling aspects of the coat below the animal’s throat. The hair on its face is also somewhat mottled.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See the other glyph for the name Cuetlach, below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juo. cuetlach . texīq~

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Cuetlach, texinqui

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: 
Animals: Misc.
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
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
spotted or mottled
Keywords: 

lobos, nombres de hombres

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

cuetlach(tli), a wolf, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuetlachtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Lobo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 901r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=874&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cuetlach (MH527v)