Yaocuix (MH839r)

Yaocuix (MH839r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Yaocuix (seemingly referring to a Combative Bird) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a war shield that typically stands for combatant (yaotl) in this manuscript (Matrícula de Huexotzinco). The shield is black and white with a cross (+) on it. Above the war shield is the head of a kite bird (cuiztli or cuixin) in profile, facing the right. This bird has an unusual spiky black cap on its head.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

A famous ruler named Yaocuixtzin is mentioned in the Codex Chimalpahin, so this person may be named for him. He ruled in Mexicatzinco.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

anto yaocuix

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Yaocuix

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Gender (male)
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (personal and/or theonym)
War or Conflict
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
frontal view
profile view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Keywords: 

pájaros, escudos, guerreros, nombres famosos, gobernantes, nombres de hombres

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

Yaocuixtzin, son of a ruling couple from Tlatelolco and Tetzcoco, who became a ruler himself, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaocuixtzin
yao(tl), combatant (in this case), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaotl
cuix(tli), a kite (type of bird), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuictli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Pájaro Combativo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 839r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=752&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: 

Cuixtli (MH503r)

Cuixtli (MH515v)

Cuixtli (Verg10v)

Cuixinco (MH591r)

Yaotl (MH484v)

Yaotl (MH622r)

Yaotl (MH502r)