Cuauhitzcuin (MH679r)

Cuauhitzcuin (MH679r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhitzcuin (perhaps “Forest Dog”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a tall tree (cuahuitl) with horizontal foliage. In front of the tree is the head of a dog (itzcuintli) in profile, looking to the viewer’s right. The dog has an oval-shaped black patch over its visible eye.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Most itzcuintli glyphs just include the head, as here, but often the teeth are visible and/or the tongue is protruding. An example of a full-bodied itzcuintli appears in the Codex Mendoza, and that dog has black spots that may explain the black patch over this dog’s eye.

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

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

profile view

oval (see also leaf shaped)

facing right

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

perros, árboles, monte, bosques, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuahu(itl), wood, tree, or forest, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl-1
itzcuin(tli), a dog native to Mexico, also a day name in the calendar, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itzcuintli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Perro del Bosque

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 679r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=438&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:

"s" for z

"th" for t, d, or gd

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: