Cuexcoch (MH623v)

Cuexcoch (MH623v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuexcoch ("Nape of the Neck") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph builds on the tribute payer's head. The tlacuilo has placed a circle at the back of the person's head, apparently intending it to bring attention to the nape of the neck (cuexochtli), although the nape would be somewhat lower.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

One of the glyphs for Quetzon, which is a reference to long hair down a man's neck, gives a better sense of the location of the nape or the neck. See below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Diego
cuexcoch

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Cuexcoch

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: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

cuellos, cabezas, eminencias, anatomía, nombres de hombres

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

cuexcoch(tli), the nape of the neck, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuexcochtli
cuexcochte(tl), the neck or the nape of the neck, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuexcochtetl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Nuca

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 623v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=328&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: 

Quetzon (MH638r)