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 a wooden bridge (cuappantli). The branches have the kind of foliage that is reminiscent of amaranth (huauhtli), perhaps here serving as a phonetic complement for the Cua- start to the name. See below for other examples.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Might Cuappan be a place name, and therefore a place of origin for this person?

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
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
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
inherent/internal/merged
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)