Xolohua (MH673r)

Xolohua (MH673r)
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 tongue protrudes and a fang may be visible. Its ears are squared off at the top, and they have short vertical lines on them.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

If this is not about the ancestral, divine, or canine representation of Xolotl, perhaps it is the verb xoloa, to slip.

Representations of Xolotl can often have characteristics of a dog, with protruding teeth. The wrinkles in its face may recall the aged, ancestor role of a leader named Xolotl. The xoloitzcuintli also has wrinkles on its face, but its ears are not squared off like this. This dog’s squared-off ears are reminiscent of some representations of nenetl in the form of the deity image. See below.

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: 
deity name/theonym
personal name
Syntax: 
locative (not visual)
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
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: 

perros, fuerzas divinas, Xolotl, deidades, ancestros gobernantes, linajes, Tetzcoco, nombres de hombres

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

Xolotl, deity and/or ancestor-ruler, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/Xolotl
xoloitzcuin(tli), a type of hairless dog, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xolotl
xoloa, to slip or make something slip, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xoloa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

(un lugar asociado con Xolotl o los xoloitzcuintli?)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 673r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=426&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: 

Xolohua (MH661r)

Xolotl (Mdz13v)

Xolotl (MH638v)

Texolohua (MH553r)