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cuilolli.

Headword: 
cuilolli.
Principal English Translation: 

a piece of writing, a painting, or something with a design (see attestations); the initial "i" on this word drops away before tla-, as in tlacuilolli, which has probably contributed to the evolution of the word cuilolli

Orthographic Variants: 
icuilolli
Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents cuilolli from the simplex glyph Cuilol in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

'tlahtohchîmalli ihcuilôlli' = le bouclier royal décoré de motifs = the royal shield decorated with patterns
Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citing A. Wimmer (2004), who recognizes that it is a "variante graphique de ihcuilôlli" (a graphic variant of ihcuiloli). Translation to English here by Stephanie Wood.

See the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs for examples of the Cuilol (an apocopation of cuilolli) or icuilolli personal name glyph. https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/fulltext-quick-search?search_ap...

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

cuilolli = pintura, o bien tlacuilolli, cosa pintada
Manuel Orozco y Berra, Historia antigua y de la conquista de México (1960), 401.