Acxo (MH633r)

Acxo (MH633r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Acxo is attested here as a woman’s name. It shows what appears to be a frontal view of a tree with simple lines for branches all pointing upward. This could also be a bird's eye view of a branch lying flat. The name Acxo seems to be an apocopation for acxoyatl, which are branches used in rituals.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

magtalena
acxu

Gloss Normalization: 

Magdalena Acxo

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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: 
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Religion (Indigenous)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
spiky
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

ramas, religión, penitencia, nombres de mujeres, viejas, viudas

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

acxoya(tl), fir or laurel branch used in penitential activities, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acxoyatl

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 633r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=348st=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: 

acxoyatl (CmpRG)

acxoyatl (Chav16)