Cuitlacoch (MH874v)

Cuitlacoch (MH874v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuitlacoch (“Huitlacoche”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows what may be four kernels of maize or the fungal growth found on corn cobs that is eaten as a delicacy. Each circle has dark smudges and what appears to be about eleven short hairs are growing straight up from the top of the cluster.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Cuitlacochin became Huitlacoche in contemporary Mexican Spanish. Wikimedia has an image of a corn cob with huitlacoche fungus. This is the first example of this name in this digital collection as of February 2025, with over 6K records. It must not be a common personal name, although it is a popular food item.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

matheo cuitlacoch

Gloss Normalization:

Mateo Cuitlacoch

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)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Corn, Maize

Food, Eating, Cooking

Gender (male)

Hair (human or animal)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

frontal view

Keywords:

maíz, huitlacoche, hongos, comida, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuitlacoch(in), maize fungus, a delicacy, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuitlacochin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Huitlacoche

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 874v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=821&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:

"th" for t, d, or gd

Historical Contextualizing Image: