cuahuitl (MH609r)

cuahuitl (MH609r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a black-line drawing of the glyphic element for the noun, cuahuitl (tree), which has been carved from the compound glyph for the personal name, Cuauhxoxoc (see below). We have removed the greenery that suggested spring growth, leaving just the bare tree (cuahuitl) trunk and branches.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Color names
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
frontal view
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

verde, nombres de colores

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

xoxoc(tic), green, unripe, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xoxoctic
cuahui(tl), tree, wood, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl-1

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 609r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=300st=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).

See Also: 

Cuauhxoxoc (MH609r)