cuitlapilli (MH605r)

cuitlapilli (MH605r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the glyphic element cuitlapilli ("tail") has been carved from the compound personal name glyph, Cihuacuitlapil (see below).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Names (men's, but w/ female dimension)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
facing left
profile view
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

cuitlapil(li), a tail, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuitlapilli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 605r, World Digital Library

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).

See Also: 

Cihuacuitlapil (MH605r)