Cuetlachcoacatl (MH595v)

Cuetlachcoacatl (MH595v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for a man's personal name or ethnic affiliation, Cuetlachcoacatl (“Wolf-Serpent,” or perhaps someone from Cuetlachcoapan) shows a horizontal profile of a serpent (coatl) looking toward the viewer's right. The serpent has a protruding, bifurcated tongue and a rattler tail. Around its head are dark spikes that are reminiscent of the spiky coat of a wolf (cuetlachtli).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

domīgo cuetlachcovacatl

Gloss Normalization:

Domingo Cuetlachcoacatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Semantic Categories:

personal name

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

dotted, granular, textured

profile view

horizontal

facing right

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

wolves, lobos, serpents, snakes, serpientes, culebras, etnicidades, cohuatl, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuetlach(tli), wolf, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuetlachtli
coa(tl), serpent, snake, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Lobo-Serpiente

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 595v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=270&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: