Cuauhxoxoc (MH609r)

Cuauhxoxoc (MH609r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhxoxoc (perhaps "Greening Tree") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a tree (cuahuitl) with branches that have been severed, giving it a barren look. But short lines on the upper right and lower left suggest new growth, and the greening (xoxoc) of the tree.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See other examples of a cuauhxoxoc below. One has no obvious suggestion of new growth.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

augustin quauhxoxoc

Gloss Normalization:

Agustín Cuauhxococ

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)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Color names

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

vertical, upright

frontal view

Keywords:

árboles, verde, nombres de colores, hojas nuevas, primavera, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuahu(itl), tree, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl
xoxoc(tic), green, new growth, or unripe, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xoxoctic
xoxoctia, to turn green, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xoxoctia

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Árbol con Nuevas Hojas Verdes

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 609r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=300&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: