Xolohua (MH541v)

Xolohua (MH541v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex personal name Xolohua (“Possessor of Xolotl” or perhaps “Possessor of Xoloitzcuintli Dogs”) shows what appears to be a dog in profile, facing right. Its teeth are visible. Its ears are squared off at the top and striped.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

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
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Politics, Power, Governance
Religion (Indigenous)
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

nombres de hombres

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

Xolotl, ruler, deity, dog, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xolotl
hua, possessor suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 541v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=162&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: 

Xolotl (Mdz13v)

Xolotl (Mdz51r)

xolochtic (Mdz71r)