Ocuil (MH526r)

Ocuil (MH526r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ocuil (“Worm,” attested here as a man’s name) shows what appears to be a worm (ocuilin in the shape of a capital letter S.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This worm is much simplified compared to the worm in the Codex Mendoza, which has a segmented body, legs, and a head that includes teeth. See below. The S-shape certainly suggests movement, a worm that is wiggling. One of these S-shaped worms is segmented (see below).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

anthonio.ocuil.

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Ocuil

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

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
S-shapes (any direction)
curving, curvy, curved
Keywords: 

worms, gusanos, curvas, curves, S-shape

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

ocuil(in), worm, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ocuil

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Gusano

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Daniel Chayet

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 526r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=131&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: 
"th" for t, d, or gd
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

ocuilin (Mdz34r)

ocuilin (Mdz10v)

Ocuil (MH609r)

Ocuil (MH575r)

ocuilin (Mdz65r)

Ocuil (MH777r)

Ocuil (MH680v)