Huehue (MH484r)

Huehue (MH484r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black line drawing of a simplex glyph for the personal name or status, Huehue ("Elder," attested here as a man), shows the head of a man in profile, facing to the viewer's right. Hash marks indicate sparse hair on the head and a lined face, suggesting that he is aged.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

veven

Gloss Normalization: 

Huehue

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: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Aging (People, Animals, Things)
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
wrinkles
Keywords: 

aging, viejos, envejecimiento

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

Huehue, old man, personal name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huehue-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Viejo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 484r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=47&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: 
"v" for u, uh, or hu
intrusive "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

huehue (Mdz42r)

huehue (Mdz47r)

Huehue (MH608r)