Cuappan (MH732v)

Cuappan (MH732v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name, Cuappan ("Wooden Bridge"), is attested here as a man's name. It shows a tree (cuahuitl) at an angle. Perhaps it is lying down, which would suggest wooden bridge (cuappantli). The branches have the kind of foliage that is reminiscent of amaranth (huauhtli), here serving as a phonetic complement for the Cua- start to the name. See below for examples.

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 dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
frontal view
Keywords: 

puentes, madera, árboles, acostados, nombres de hombres

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

cuappan(tli), wooden bridge, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuappantli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Puente de Madera

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 732v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=543&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: 

cuappantli (Mdz64r)

huauhtli (Verg10r)

huauhtli (Verg12r)

Tecihuauh (Verg12r)

Xochicuauh (Verg10r)

Cuauh (MH577r)

Cuauhtin (MH577r)