Cuauhtlacatl (MH721v)

Cuauhtlacatl (MH721v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhtlacatl (perhaps “Forest Person”) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows the head of a man in profile, facing toward the viewer’s left. Surrounding this head are three small trees with vertical trunks and horizontal foliage.

Description, 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:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing left

profile view

tripartite

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

bosque, monte, personas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuahui(tl), trees or forest, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl-1
tlaca(tl), a person or a lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Persona del Bosque

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 721v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=521&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

"i" for e

Historical Contextualizing Image: