Huexotla (MH775v)

Huexotla (MH775v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal and/or place name Huexotla (perhaps "[Place of] Abundant Willows"). It may be the place of origin of the person rather than his name. The glyph is a tree, presumably a willow, with a trunk, two symmetrical branches, and visible roots.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

seuastia . vexotla

Gloss Normalization: 

Sebastián Huexotla

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: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Othering
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
leaf, marquise, pointed oval
frontal view
roots are visible
symmetry
Keywords: 

plants, plantas, árboles, hojas, raices, lugares, pueblos, nombres de hombres

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

huexo(tl), willow grove, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huexotla
-tla, (locative suffix) abundance of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tla-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Bosque de Sauces

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 775v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=625&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: 
"u" for b or v
"v" for u, uh, or hu
dropped "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Huexotzinco (Chav15)

huexotl (Mdz2r)

huexotl (Mdz42r)

huexotl (Mdz26r)