Itlahuelil (MH695r)

Itlahuelil (MH695r)

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Itlahuelil (”Unfortunate”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a nude male in profile, with his body facing toward the right and his head twisted backwards. His knees are bent, something like a baby’s. His arms are reaching out, one raised higher than the other.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The iconography of unclothed human (typically male) bodies may suggest some kind of vulnerability, which the gloss for this one would indeed support. See some other examples below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

miquel ytlahuellil

Gloss Normalization: 

Miguel Itlahuelil

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: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Nudity
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Keywords: 

naked, nude, nudity, desnudez, desafortunado, nombres de hombres

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

itlahueliltic, unfortunate or unlucky, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itlahueliltic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Desafortunado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 695r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=470&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: 
"g" for c, q, or x
"ll" for l
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tzapa (MH735r)

Xoxopehualoc (MH713v)

Cicuil (MH536r)

Ayaquica (MH763r)

Canquicuiz (MH815v)

Tzicuin (MH658v)

Motzetzelo (MH506v)

Tecuanitzin (MH532r)