Ocuil (MH680v)

Ocuil (MH680v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ocuil (“Worm”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a curvy worm, vertical with its head at the top. The head turns to provide a frontal view of the face, with both eyes showing, a style found on some insects, such as one of the glyphs for Xico (bumblebee) in this collection. The worm has a white belly. Its back is curved with stripes or a segmented body. Multiple legs emerge on both sides of the worm.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The profusion of legs and the segmentation of the body suggests this worm may be a millipede or centipede. The millipede has shorter antennae than the centipede, and since antennae are not obvious in this drawing, perhaps this is a millipede.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
segmented
vertical, upright
curving, curvy, curved
facing upward
Keywords: 

gusanos, milpiés, ciempiés, nombres de hombres

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

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Milpiés

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 680v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=441&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: 

ocuilin (Mdz34r)

ocuilin (Mdz10v)

Ocuil (MH575r)

Ocuil (MH526r)

Ocuil (MH609r)