Xocuinanco (MH687v)

Xocuinanco (MH687v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This painting of the simplex glyph for the place name Xocuinanco shows a red, white, and black rectangle inside a house or building (calli). The rectangle has two divisions, both horizontal. The upper stripe is red, and the lower one is dark gray. Inside each of these two stripes are three white crescent shapes (C-shapes).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The house that surrounds this glyph sends the message that the glyph inside represents a place name, and Xocuinanco is interpreted to be a barrio (a Spanish designation) of Coyotzinco. The glyph, however, is obscure. It looks something like a representation of a tlalli (agricultural parcel), as the glyphs below with their rectangles and C-shapes might attest. Further research is required. In trying to analyze the gloss, words starting with Xo- might have something to do with feet. If the -cuinanco were -chinanco (from chinamitl and inadvertently misspelled?) then the idea of the visuals representing an agricultural field might be viable.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

xocuinaco

Gloss Normalization:

Xocuinanco

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood & Jeff Haskett-Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

place name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising

Names (places)

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

C-shapes

rectangular

Keywords:

nombres de lugares, rectángulos, sementeras

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 687v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=455&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:

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: