Cuetzomac (MH694r)

Cuetzomac (MH694r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuetzomac (perhaps, “He Sewed a Skirt”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a skirt or culottes (pant-like). The shape is rectangular not counting inverted V division at front-center. The fabric has vertical stripes, except at the bottom, where there is a black horizontal border.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

“Cue” is a frequent abbreviation for cueitl. See some examples below. The diversity of styles and materials is impressive.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

juā cuetzomac

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Cuetzomac

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)

verb

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

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

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives:

Keywords:

faldas, ropa, tejidos, textiles, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cue(itl), skirt, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cueitl
tzoma, to sew, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzoma

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Falda Cosida

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 694r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=468&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: