Cuauhxoxoc (MH501r)

Cuauhxoxoc (MH501r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhxoxoc (perhaps "Greening Tree") attested here as a man’s name, shows a tree (cuahuitl) trunk with visible roots. Coming off the right side is a little sprig of new growth, implying the tree is turning green again (xoxoctia). A less literal name might be, "New Growth."

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Another glyph for Cuauhxoxoc from the Matrícula de Huexotzinco in this collection does not have the new growth on the tree. There could be an implication that the wood is not seasoned, and "green" in that sense, but that may be too Western a reading.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

diego
guauhxoxoc

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Cuauhxoxoc

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:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Color names

Gender (male)

Landscape Features

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Wood, wooden things

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

roots are visible

vertical, upright

frontal view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

left to right

Keywords:

trees, árboles, wood, madera, green, verde, nuevas hojas verdes, nuevo crecimiento

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuahui(tl), tree, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl-1
xoxoctic, green, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xoxoctic
xoxoctia, to turn green, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xoxoctia

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Árbol Con Nuevas Hojas Verdes

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 501r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=81&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: