cuahuitl (MH487r)

cuahuitl (MH487r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element of a horizontal piece of wood has been carved from the compound glyph for the personal name Tlecuauh. The wood has been milled into a plank with right-angles. It has a three-dimensionality to it.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huexjotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
right angle(s)
three-dimensionality
horizontal
Keywords: 

wood, madera, tablas, tablones, vigas

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

cuahui(tl), tree, wood, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl-1.

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la madera

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 487r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=53&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).

See Also: 

Tlecuauh (MH487r)

cuahuitl (CST13)