Citlalihuitl (MH717r)

Citlalihuitl (MH717r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name, Citlalihuitl (perhaps, “Star-Feathers”), is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a star with seven points and two concentric circles in the middle. The innermost circle also has dots or short lines inside. Two feathers appear agave the star, almost overlapping with the highest point. Each feather has downy barbs and a visible calamus.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This star shows European influence, given that stars were drawn as white dots or as red, white, and black eyes on a dark or turquoise blue background in the original Nahua style.

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)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Celestial Phenomena

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

feathers, plumas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

citlal(in), star, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/citlalin-2
ihui(tl), feather and a person’s name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ihuitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Estrella-Plumas

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 717r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=512&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:

"i" for e

Historical Contextualizing Image: