Huehue (MH750r)

Huehue (MH750r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Huehue is attested here as a man's name.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See below for addtional examples of the name or status, huehue (elder). In one example, hair loss, and somewhat curly hair above the neck, appear to be other indicators of age. But most tlacuilos simple add wrinkles to the faces.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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)
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

vejez, viejos, ancianos, edad, nombres de hombres

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

huehue, an elder, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huehue-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Anciano, o Señor Mayor

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 750r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=578&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: 
"v" for u, uh, or hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Huehue (MH496r)

Huehue (MH719r)

Huehue (MH608r)

Huehue (MH639r)

huehue (Mdz13v)

huehue (Mdz42r)