Cuauhzoyatl (MH773v)

Cuauhzoyatl (MH773v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhzoyatl (“Palm Tree” or “Palm Tree Wood”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph apparently shows two vertical trees with very limited foliage at the top. The shapes are more like spoons, but there is some vague detail of foliage in the part at the top.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

uauhçoyātl

Gloss Normalization: 

Cuauhzoyatl

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: 
line connecting elements
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
Keywords: 

palmeras, madera, nombre de hombre

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

cuahui(tl), tree or wood, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl
zoya(tl), a palm tree, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zoyatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Palmera, o Madera de Palmera

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 773v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=621&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: 
"ç" for z or tz
dropped "c"
intrusive overbar
Historical Contextualizing Image: