Ichpochitetl (MH827v)

Ichpochitetl (MH827v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ichpochitetl (perhaps “Pregnant Maiden” or “Pregnant Virgin”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a young woman (ichpoch, or ichpochtli) with long hair, typical of unmarried women. The image cuts off just below her large belly, apparently intending to represent and emphasize her pregnancy (itetl).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

It is intriguing to consider that this name, “Pregnant Maiden” or “Pregnant Virgin” belongs to a man, and to wonder whether this name arose through colonial contact with the Christian faith (as in Virgin Mary) or might have had pre-contact relevance. Here is an image in the Florentine Codex of a pregnant woman.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

juā ychpochitetl

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Ichpochitetl

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:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Family, Kinship, even Friendship

Gender (female)

Gender (male)

Hair (human or animal)

Names (men's, but w/ female dimension)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Sexuality, Fertility

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

preñez, preñada, barrigas, vientres, madres, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ichpoch(tli), maiden or young woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ichpochtli
ite(tl) (also seen as ititl), belly or pregnant woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itetl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Doncella Embarazada o Virgen Embarazada

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 827v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=729&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:

"y" for i

Historical Contextualizing Image: