Cuacuauh (MH736r)

Cuacuauh (MH736r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuacuauh (“Horns”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph builds on the head of the tribute payer himself, making antlers or horns out of some of his hair. The addition of the horns onto the head (cuaitl) of the tribute payer could serve as a phonetic complement, underlining that the name started with Cua-.

Description, 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
phonetic possibilities
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
spiky
Keywords: 

astas, cuernos, nombres de hombres

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

cuacuahu(itl), horn(s) or antler(s), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuacuahuitl-2
cuacuahue, horned animal, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuacuahue
cua(itl), human head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuaitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cuernos

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 736r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=550&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: 
See Also: 

Cuacuauh (MH626v)

Cuacuauh (MH487r)

Cuacuauh (MH485r)

Cuacuauh (MH483r)