Ixcuauh (MH651v) | Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs

Ixcuauh (MH651v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

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

Description, 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:

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Personality, Behavior

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

Keywords:

comportamiento, tonto, desvergonzado, ojos, bosques, árboles, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ixcuahui(tl), stupid and shameless, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixcuahuitl
ix(tli), eye, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixtli
cuahui(tl), tree or woods, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl-1
ixcuahu(itl), something or someone stupid and shameless, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixcuahuitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Estúpido, o Desvergonzado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 651v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=385&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image:

See Also:

ixtli (Mdz21v)

ixtli (MH485v)

cuahuitl (Mdz48r)

Cuahuitl (MH639v)