Cuauhxoxoc (MH680r)

Cuauhxoxoc (MH680r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhxoxoc (perhaps “Greening Tree”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a tree with a leader and four branches, all with leaves. Perhaps these are new, green leaves.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See other examples of Cuauhxoxoc hieroglyphs below. This one has the most leaves. One has no leaves. So, there is quite an array of ways of representing this name. One wonders whether new growth can be a metaphor for a new baby.

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:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Keywords:

árboles, verde, nombres de colores, hojas nuevas, primavera, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuahu(itl), tree, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl
xoxoc(tic), green, new growth, or unripe, 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 680r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=440&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).

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