Coaxoch (MH505v)

Coaxoch (MH505v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name, Coaxoch (literally, "Serpent-Flower," but this is a plant name), attested here attested as female. It shows a serpent (coatl) and a flower (xochitl). The serpent has two dots for eyes and a protruding, bifurcated tongue that is very long, hanging down in front of the snake. The snake's body has an amorphous shape with some texturing or shading. The flower has a base from which a tripartite cluster of sepals emerge. Six stamens or pistils emerge above the petals.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

francisca
cohuaxoch

Gloss Normalization: 

Francisca Coaxoch

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
homophony, rebus
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully phonographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Flowers
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Tongue Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
tripartite
bifurcated
profile view
facing right
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
left to right
multidirectional
Keywords: 

snakes, serpents, cohuatl, serpientes, flowers, flores, linderos, cohuatl

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

Coaxoch, a person's name (attested as female) and a plant name, coaxochitl, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coaxoch

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Serpiente-Flor (el nombre de una planta)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 505v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=90&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).

Orthography: 
intrusive "h" or "hu"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Coaxoch (MH765r)