Cuecuex (MH668v)

Cuecuex (MH668v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuecuex (“Anklet”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a right foot and part of a leg in profile, heading toward the viewer’s right. Something is tied around the ankle that appears to be made of fabric.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Other ankle ornaments include beads and bells, as shown below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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)
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

tobillo, tobillera, nombres de hombres

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

cuecuex(tli), cord with stone beads, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuecuextli
macuex(tli), a beaded bracelet, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/macuextli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Tobillera

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 668v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=417&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: 

Xocoyol (Mdz2r)

Tecuecuex (MH565r)

Macuex (MH541v)

Cuecuex (MH772v)

Cuecuex (MH668v)