Canquicuiz (MH815v)

Canquicuiz (MH815v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Canquicuiz, attested here as a man’s name, has yet to be deciphered. The glyph shows a profile view of a man’s head on a small, naked body, its arms and legs moving as though it is a baby.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

A pattern may be emerging whereby small nude bodies suggest vulnerability, such as that of a baby. See some other examples below.

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:

Aging (People, Animals, Things)

Children, Childhood, Adolescence

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Nudity

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

profile view

facing right

Keywords:

cuerpo pequeño, desnudez, vulnerabilidad, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 815v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=705&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: