Cuauhtopilli (MH522v)

Cuauhtopilli (MH522v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhtopilli (or Cuauhtopile, if we allow that it is somewhat Hispanized) is attested as a man's name. The glyph shows a hand holding a staff (topilli) that was carried by rulers. The Cuauh- part of the name could be considered visible if the staff is made of wood. If the Cuauh- part comes from "eagle," then it is not visible. The hand seems to be a right hand. The staff is thin and maybe as long as four hand-widths.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

That this staff might be made of wood is suggested by the comparison with the tlalcuauhuitl (land-measuring stick) shown in the name for Tlalcuauh (below). Also, the topilli in our iconography collection has a terracotta color, suggesting it is made of wood.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

bartasar guauhtopile

Gloss Normalization:

Baltasar Cuauhtopile

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:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Politics, Power, Governance

Wood, wooden things

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

vertical, upright

Keywords:

bordón, vara de justicia, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuahui(tl), tree, wood, stick, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl
topil(li), staff of office, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/topilli

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 522v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=124&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

Historical Contextualizing Image: