Huehue (MH608r)

Huehue (MH608r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or status Huehue ("Elder") shows the head of a man in profile looking toward the viewer's right. His eye is open, and his hair is somewhat mussed. The wrinkles on his face provide the semantic indicator that he is an elder (huehue).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The man who bears this name has tears streaming down his cheek, which suggests that he is a widow (and therefore sad).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

gaspar huehue

Gloss Normalization: 

Gaspar Huehue

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: 
Aging (People, Animals, Things)
Anatomy, human body parts
Emotions
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

elders, viejos, ancianos, aging, envejecimiento

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

huehue(tl), an elder, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huehuetl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Viejo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 608r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=298st=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: 
See Also: 

Huehue (MH484r)

Huehue (MH496r)

huehue (Mdz42r)

Huehue (MH750r)

Huehue (MH719r)