Ce Xochitl (MH894v)

Ce Xochitl (MH894v)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph plus notation for the personal name Ce Xochitl (“One-Flower” or “1-Flower”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a flower (xochitl) with just one (ce) prominent leaf.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This is a subtle way of providing the notation for the number one that accompanies the calendrical day sign (xochitl). One-Flower was a name drawn from the religious divinatory calendar, the tonalpohualli. The colonial clergy were discouraging the use of the tonalpohualli for naming children, which may explain the possible subtle notation. Or, this could be scribal flair. The name Xochitl, very popular especially for girls and women, lives on without the companion numbers to this day.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o. cexochitli

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Ce Xochitl

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:

day name

numbers

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Religion (Indigenous)

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Keywords:

números, uno, flores, nombres de días, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ce, one, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ce
xoch(itl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Uno-Flor, 1-Flor

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 894v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=861&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).

Orthography:

intrusive "i"

Historical Contextualizing Image: