Cuicuil (MH526v)

Cuicuil (MH526v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuicuil (perhaps “Freckles,” of "Pocked," attested here as a man’s name) shows a profile view of a bald person's head with attention to the spots on the face, some of which are large and therefore more like moles or pocks than freckles. So "Mole Face" and "Pock-Marked" are alternative translations.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Looking at terms in the dictionary, cuicuiltic, something painted in the way a pinto horse is spotted, perhaps. Another term, ixchian cuicuillotl, specifically applies to the face, which justifies the use of cuicuiltic in consideration of markings on the face.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego. cuicuil.

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Cuicuil

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: 
adjective
cuil (tracking)
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
spotted or mottled
Keywords: 

painted, pintado, pecoso, freckled, lunares en la cara, faces, moles

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

cuicuiltic, painted, spotted, varicolored, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuicuiltic
ixchian cuicuillotl, moles or freckles on face, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixchian-cuicuillotl
cuicuiloa, to paint something many colors, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cu%C4%ABcu%C4%ABlo%C4%81

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Pecoso

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 526v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=132&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: 

Cuicuil (MH647r)

Cuicuil (MH901v)