Cuicuil (MH901v)

Cuicuil (MH901v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuicuil (perhaps "A Painting") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a rectangle that is divided into three horizontal sections. The top two have squiggly lines that suggest a painting (cuilolli). The bottom section is blank. The gloss indicates a reduplication of the cuil root, and perhaps the two lines of painting are meant to provide a visual reduplication.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

balnabe cuicuil

Gloss Normalization: 

Bernabé Cuicuil

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: 
phonetic dimensions
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
reduplication (in gloss/text)
reduplication (visual)
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Art, Design, Crafts, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
rectangular
segmented
Keywords: 

pintar, girar, remolino, curvilíneo, curvo, escribir, papel, nombres de hombres

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

cuicuiltic, something painted or spotted, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuicuiltic
cuilol(li), a painting, patterns, or designs, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuilolli
cuicuiloa, to paint something many colors, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cu%C4%ABcu%C4%ABlo%C4%81

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Pintura, o Pintado o Manchado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 901v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=875&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).

Orthography: 
"a" for e
"l" for r
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cuicuil (MH647r)

Cuicuil (MH526v)

Cuicuil (MH770v)