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 "Maiden's Belly" or “Pregnant Maiden”) 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 a pregnancy (itetl).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

It is intriguing to consider that this name, which could be read as “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 Digital 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: