Cihuaxochitl (MH749r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Cihuaxochitl (perhaps “Woman-Flower”) is attested here as pertaining to a man.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
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Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Keywords:
flores, mujeres, nombres de hombres
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
![](https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/CihuaxochitlMH749rSmplxPerNamMale.png?itok=zMTm0AjV)
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
cihua(tl), woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihuatl
xochi(tl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
Mujer-Flor (?)
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 749r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=576&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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Historical Contextualizing Image:
![](https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/sites/default/files/CihuaxochitlMH749rContext.png)
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