Coaxoch (MH505r)

Coaxoch (MH505r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name, Coaxoch (literally, "Serpent-Flower," a plant name), is attested here as a widow's name. It shows a serpent (coatl) and a flower (xochitl). The serpent has two dots for eyes and a protruding, bifurcated tongue that is very long, hanging down in front of the snake. The snake's body has an amorphous shape with some texturing or shading. The flower has a base from which a tripartite cluster of sepals emerge. Six stamens or pistils protrude above the petals.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Women's names in this collection are rare compared to men's because married women and daughters are represented by the male head of household, the person responsible for most tribute payments. Notice how women's name often have a flower component, more often than men's.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

francisca
cohuaxoch

Gloss Normalization: 

Francisca Coaxoch

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
homophony, rebus
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully phonographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Flowers
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Tongue Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

snakes, serpents, cohuatl, serpientes, flowers, flores, linderos, cohuatl

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

Coaxoch, a person's name (attested as female) and a plant name, coaxochitl, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coaxoch

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Serpiente-Flor (el nombre de una planta)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 505r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=89&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: 
intrusive "h" or "hu"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Coaxoch (MH765r)