Cuetlaneuh (MH581v)

Cuetlaneuh (MH581v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuetlaneuh (perhaps "Borrowed Skirt,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of what may be a woman's skirt (cueitl). It is a rectangle with a lower border that has vertical hash marks.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Estepan cuetlaneuh

Gloss Normalization:

Esteban Cuetlaneuh

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:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising

Gender (male)

Land Parcels, Use, Issues

Names (men's, but w/ female dimension)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

segmented

rectangular

horizontal

Keywords:

skirts, faldas, ropa, mujeres, tlaneuh, tlaneuhtli, prestar, prestada, préstamo, ropa, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cue(itl), skirt, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cueitl
tlaneuh, something borrowed, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaneuh

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Falda Prestada (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 581v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=242&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: