Cuauhiconoc (MH704r)

Cuauhiconoc (MH704r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhiconoc (or possibly Cuahuiconoc, perhaps “Wooden Stocks”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a man walking toward the viewer’s right. One foot is raised. He wears a belted tunic. A horizontal board (cuahuitl) appears at his neck. It has two circles on it (possibly holes that might have been used for detaining a person in the way of stocks, capturing hands or feet). The person is leaning backwards as though the board(s) or plank(s) are heavy. To lie down is onoc, which the posture may hint at. The person’s arms are somewhat forward.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The alternative spelling for Cuauhiconoc comes from various published sources that refer to a don Juan Cuahuiconoc, fourth ruler of Tlatelolco, who governed for seven years. Perhaps this tribute payer’s parents named him for the famous ruler. See, for example, Fernando Horcasitas, Teatro Náhuatl (2004), 776. Stocks were introduced by Europeans into what became New Spain, and the loanword cepo entered Nahuatl, suggesting that there was considerable familiarity with this type of punishment.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

franco quaviconoc

Gloss Normalization: 

Francisco Cuauhiconoc (or Francisco Cuahuiconoc)

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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: 
Crime, Punishment
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

madera, cepos, nombres famosos, gobernación, nombres de hombres

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

cuahui(tl), wood, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl-1
ic, with, for which reason, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/it
onoc, to be in a horizontal position, stretched out, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/onoc
ilpitoc, tied up or bound, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ilpitoc
cepo, stocks (a loan from Spanish), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cepo

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cepo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 704r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=486&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: 
"q" for c
"v" for u, uh, or hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

ilpitoca (Osu12v)