Cuahuitlehua (MH536r)

Cuahuitlehua (MH536r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuahuitlehua (“Season of Renewal,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of a tree with a branch on either side and new leaves on each branch. The tree's trunk has some shading (three-dimensionality), and the tree's roots are visible.

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

antonio quahuitlehua

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Cuahuitlehua

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: 
calendrics
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Religion (Indigenous)
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
leaf, marquise, pointed oval
frontal view
roots are visible
shading and parallel line hatching
three-dimensionality
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

fiestas_ spring_ primavera_ new leaves_ nuevas hojas_ trees, árboles_ calendarios_ tiempo

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

Cuahuitlehua, month when trees revive, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitlehua
cuahui(tl), tree, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl
ehua, to rise, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ehua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Mes Cuando los Árboles Reviven

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 536r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=151&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: 

cuahuitl (Mdz5v)