Xoxouhqui (MH535r)

Xoxouhqui (MH535r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This circle filled with turquoise-blue paint is the simplex glyph for the personal name Xoxouhqui (perhaps "One Who is Blue-Green"). It 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, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
reduplication (in gloss/text)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Color names
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
blue (turquoise)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
Keywords: 

blue, green, azul, verde, color names, nombres de colores, círculos, circles

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

xoxoctic, green or sky blue, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xoxoctic

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 535r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=149&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: 

xoxouhqui (Mdz23r)