Acxocue (MH632v)

Acxocue (MH632v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Acxocue (perhaps “Penitential Branch-Skirt,” attested here as a woman’s name) shows a rectangle with a border along the bottom, representing a skirt (cueitl) with trim. The trim has four short diagonal lines. In the middle of the main portion of the skirt is a vertical branch with spiky needles, apparently the acxoyatl--a ritual branch from a laurel or fir tree that was important in rituals.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

magtalena
acxocue

Gloss Normalization: 

Magdalena Acxocue

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: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Religion (Indigenous)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
rectangular
Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
outward (from inside out)
Keywords: 

viudas, skirts, faldas, branches, ramas de abeto, ramas de laurel, religión indígena, textiles, ropa, nombres de mujeres

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Falda con Ramas de Tipo Acxoyatl

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 632r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=347st=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: 
"t" for d
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

acxoyatl (CmpRG)

acxoyatl (Chav16)

Acxotlan (MH621r)

Tozcueten (MH632v)