Cuitlamiz (MH661v)

Cuitlamiz (MH661v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuitlamiz (“Cougar Excrement”) is attested here as a man’s name. The top part of the glyph is the head of a wild cat, facing toward the viewer’s right. Its coat is textured, its mouth is open, and sharp teeth protrude. Below this animal’s head is a swirl of excrement. It is connected by a short line to the lower jaw of the cougar.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

antonio. cuitlamiz.

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Cuitlamiz

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:

line connecting elements

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Cleanliness, Orderliness, and their absence

Excretions (bodily, human or animal)

Gender (male)

Mouth/Beak Open

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Teeth Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

dotted, granular, textured

facing right

profile view

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

pumas, excrementos, animales, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuitla(tl), excrement, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuitlatl
miz(tli), cougar or wild cat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/miztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Excrementos de Puma

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 661v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=403&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: