Cuixtli (MH503r)

Cuixtli (MH503r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuixtli ("Small Bird of Prey," attested here as a man's name) shows a profile of a bird's head, looking toward the viewer's right. Its hooked beak is open, as is its eye. The feathers on its head are textured, and the feathers on its neck are spiky and somwhat darker.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

"Kite" is the name of the cuixtli in English, but it is a small bird of prey, and could possibly represent a different raptor.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego
cuixtli

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Cuixtli

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: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
dotted, granular, textured
facing right
profile view
spiky
Keywords: 

birds of prey, pájaros rapaces

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

cuixtli, a kite, i.e. a small bird of prey, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuixtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Milano, (un pequeño ave de rapiña)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 503r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=83&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: 

Cuixtli (MH515v)

Huinetli (MH627v)

Cuixtli (MH503r)

Cuixtli (Verg10v)

Oncuixco (MH624v)

Oncuixcatl (MH647r)