icuilolli (MH551r)

icuilolli (MH551r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing that we have duplicated to stand as the "element" icuilolli (a painting) is shared with the compound glyph and personal name Tlalicuilol ("Land Painting"). This element is also seen simply as cuilolli.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax:

cuil (tracking)

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Land Parcels, Use, Issues

Writing, Literacy

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

dotted, granular, textured

bird's eye view

profile view

rectangular

Keywords:

escribir, pintar, escritura, pintura, writing, painting, manuscript, codex, códice, manuscrito, títulos, tierras

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

(i)cuilol(li), a piece of writing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/icuilolli

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 551r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=181&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).