Cuauhxoxoc (MH490r)

Cuauhxoxoc (MH490r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph for green wood or a green tree (cuauhxoxoc) stands for the personal name of a man, Juan Cuauhxoxoc. It shows a bare, bifurcated tree trunk with a few simple roots. The top of the tree has been chopped off, which may suggest that lumber--more than "tree"--is indicated. The green nature of the wood is not indicated visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

It is not clear here whether "green" refers to the wood (not seasoned firewood) or to the color of the new growth in spring. In a compound glyph that is another example of this same name (below), the tree has a sprig of new growth, which seems to clarify the significance better. This one may be shorthand.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Juā quauhxoxoc

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Cuauhxoxoc

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzinco, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

adjective

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Color names

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Wood, wooden things

Cultural Content, Credit:

José Aguayo-Barragán

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

roots are visible

vertical, upright

bifurcated

Keywords:

trees, wood, árboles, madera, green, verde, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuahui(tl), tree/wood, https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl
xoxoctic, green, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xoxoctic
xoxoctia, to turn green, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xoxoctia

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 483r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=59&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).

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