Cuacuauh (MH813v)

Cuacuauh (MH813v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuacuauh (“Horned”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head (cuaitl) of a man (who is not the tribute payer himself). Two horns (cuacuahuitl) appear on the head.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This is a popular name in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco. These horns are not the usual pointed ones; they are squared off in a way that is reminiscent of the horns of the cuauhtecolotl and some glyphs for nenetl (see 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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Anatomy, human body parts
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
rectangular
profile view
facing right
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

Cuacuauh, a personal name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuacuauh
cuacuahui(tl), horn(s) or antler(s), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuacuahuitl-2
cuacuahue, an ox, bull, or other horned animal, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuacuahue
cua(itl), human head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuaitl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 813v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=701&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: 
"g" for c, q, or x
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cuacuauh (MH483r)

Cuacuauh (MH487r)

Cuacuauh (MH736r)

Cuauhtecolotl (MH525v)

Cuauhtecolotl (MH491v)

Nenetl (MH632r)

Nencauh (MH568r)