cuauh=bosque?

[sfargo@earthlink.net]

Still trying to untangle how the name Hieronymus Bosch turned 
into Geronimo Bosco and El Bosco in Spain.

According to my interpretation of El Jardín de las Delicias (which 
I'm calling La Bariedad del Mundo following an old inventory), a 
person in the center is Cuauhtémoc, since the mini-scene 
represents the year 7-Calli (ld 7-house.jpg). The 7 is shown by 
someone (I suppose Cortes) poking 7 fingers at him, and the 
jar is a house by analogy to pictures of Diogenes who lived in 
a barrel. The bird with human feet underneath is an eccentric 
version of the name glyph (cuauhtemoc.jpg).

But there seem to be all kinds of contexts where cuauh has 
something to do with trees or wood or a forest. Is there any 
connection to the name Cuauhtémoc? Is there another glyph 
besides the eagle that could represent cuauh in the sense of 
wood or trees?

In other words I wonder if there's any sign in the detail from the 
painting (ld 7-house.jpg) that the artist knew that cuauh could 
also mean wood or trees. It would imply that someone was 
explaining more than just glyphs for 1-acatl to 10-tecpatl, a 
personal name, and a couple of place names, maybe showing 
how picture writing can distinguish between words that sound 
the same? 
Susan Gilchrist


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