Cuecuex (MH772v)

Cuecuex (MH772v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuecuex is attested here as a man's name. It requires further analysis. The nose ornament suggests that this is a person from the Huaxteca, a cuextecatl. But the reduplication of the cuex- suggests a different meaning that is not shown visually, and that is cuecuextli, a cord with stone beads. Perhaps the cuextecatl is there as a phonetic indicator for Cuecuex.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

barthasal cuexues

Gloss Normalization: 

Baltazar Cuecuex

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
phonetic dimensions
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
reduplication (in gloss/text)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Race, Ethnicity, Identity
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

Huasteca, etnicidad, nariguera, cuentas, piedra, nombres de hombres

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

cuexteca(tl), an ethnicity associated with the Huasteca, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuextecatl
cuecuex(tli), a cord with stone beads, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuecuextli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Huaxteco, o Cuentas de Piedra Ensartadas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 772v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=619&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: 
"l" for r
"r" for l
"s" for z
"th" for t, d, or gd
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cuextecatl (MH592r)

Tlemacuex (MH632r)