huaquixochitl (MH487v)

huaquixochitl (MH487v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph for dry or withered (huaqui) flowers (xochitl) shows one four-petaled flower standing upright in a vase. The flower has a small point between each petal and a round circle at the center, resulting in a quincunx shape. It does not appear withered, so perhaps it is dried. The vase has a flared top and bottom, and a bulbous center. At the widest point of the founded center of the vase are two horizontal lines; similar lines also appear where the rounded portion meets the upper and lower flares. Additionally, well-spaced vertical lines run from the top to the bottom of the vase.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Flowers with a similar shape to this one appear below. Even one of the examples of Tonal echoes this shape. But, an Advanced Search featuring the Cultural Content choice "Flowers" will bring up a large variety of flower shapes. A similar vase to the one in this glyph above can be found in the compound for Xochipoloa (below).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flowers

Cultural Content, Credit:

Xitlali Torres

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

quincunx or quatrefoil

striped

Keywords:

flowers, flores, vases, envases, dried, secas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

huaqui, dry, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huaqui.
xochitl, flowers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl.

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 487v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=53&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).