cuicui (MH605v)

cuicui (MH605v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of this glyphic element cuicui ("to gather") has been carved from the personal name glyph, Xochicuicuic (see below). The act of gathering involves a hand holding two flowers. Small vertical lines in the air surrounding this suggest repeated action, movement, and a visual reduplication.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See below for some additional examples of visible reduplication.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 605v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=293st=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).