Cuauhxilotlan (RGTyM)

Cuauhxilotlan (RGTyM)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a painting of the compound glyph for the place name Cuauhxilotlan. The cuauhxilotl tropical fruit-bearing tree is pictured in the glyph, with fruits of green and brown coloring. The tepetl (hill or mountain) sign is there as a silent locative.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The term cuauhxilotl entered Spanish as cuajilote.

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Tistla y Muchitlan, RG Map of (RGTyM)

Date of Manuscript:

1582

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Tzompanco (contemporary Zumpango del Río, Guerrero), with a connection to the Diocese of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Food, Eating, Cooking

Landscape Features

Names (places)

Plants, Flora

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

leaf, marquise, pointed oval

vertical, upright

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

multidirectional

Keywords:

trees, árboles, fruits, frutas, nombres de lugares, topónimos, pueblos, estancias

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauhxilo(tl), a tropical tree with edible fruit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhxilotl
-tlan (locative suffix), near, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlan

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Entre los Cuajilotes

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

The source of these hieroglyphs is a manuscript and map known collectively as the “Relación de Tistla y Muchitlan,” also known as the “Descripción de la Alcaldia Mayor de las Minas de Zumpango.” Apparently, these towns (today spelled Tixtla and Mochitlan) are in the modern-day state of Guerrero, but they fell under the religious jurisdiction of the Diocese of Tlaxcala. Thanks go to Octavio Márquez for his contribution of the glyph, gloss, and contextualizing images.

Image Source, Rights:

The original manuscript is hosted on line as part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin, https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:fbc92b3e-bb28-4258-975.... It is open-access.

Historical Contextualizing Image: