Iczo (MH896v)

Iczo (MH896v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Iczo (a type of yucca plant) is attested here as a woman’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of an upright plant with a leader and two branches, plus visible roots.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This is the first example to enter the database (March 2025) of the use of the iczotl plant (a type of yucca) as a personal name. Also, this drawing does not resemble the examples already in the database, which are associated with place names. See below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juana yctzo

Gloss Normalization: 

Juana Ictzo

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: 
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
roots are visible
Keywords: 

iczotes, izotes, yuca, plantas, nombres de mujeres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

iczo(tl), a type of yucca plant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iczotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Iczote

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 896v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=865&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: 
"tz" for z
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Iczochinanco (Mdz42r)

Iczotl Iyacac (CQ)

Iczocallan (CmpRG)