Citecatl (MH671r)

Citecatl (MH671r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or ethnicity, Citecatl (perhaps, “One from Citlan”), is attested here as pertaining to a man.. The glyph shows a horizontal jack rabbit, seemingly in motion, heading toward the viewer’s right. Its ears are up and its coat is textured. The -tecatl affiliation suffix is attached to place names ending in -tlan, such as Citlan, in this case. Citlan would have been named for either having many jackrabbits in the area or perhaps a place of grandmothers or great aunts (see our Online Nahuatl Dictionary definitions for citli).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Chimalpahin refers to a place called Citlan and the people as Citlantlaca.

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: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Race, Ethnicity, Identity
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

etnicidades, afiliación, pueblos, nombres de hombres

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

ci(tli), a jack rabbit, or an elder female, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/citli
-tecatl (affiliation suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Una Persona de Citlan

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 671r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=422&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: 

citli (Mdz2r)

citli (CmpRG)