Cuezal (MH670r)

Cuezal (MH670r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuezal (perhaps “Scarlet Macaw Feathers”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a face with rays coming out all around the face in a circle. It is reminiscent of some sun (tonalli) glyphs.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See below for a similar glyph that stands for tonalli, along with various examples of the name Cuezal. It is unclear how the tlacuilo came up with this image for the name Cuezal.

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: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
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: 
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
Keywords: 

plumas, feathers, guacamayas, rojas, rojos, pájaros, soles, nombres de hombres

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

cuezal(in), the tail and wing feathers of the scarlet macaw, or a cardinal, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuezalin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Plumas Rojas de Guacamaya

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 670r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=420&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: 
"u" for b or v
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tonalli (MH591v)

Cuezal (MH502r)

Cuezal (MH518r)

Cuezal (MH622r)

Cuezalcatl (MH513v)

cuezalin (Mdz37r)