Izquitlan (MH496v)

Izquitlan (MH496v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the place name Izquitlan shows a very symmetrical flower with four petals, a central circle, and four rectangular points between the petals. Is is like a quincunx. The root word, izquitl, can refer to flowers and to popcorn. The -tlan (near, locative suffix) is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This flower is remarkably like others, such as the matlalin, but also similar to the glyphs for tonalli (day, sun, personal life force/energy). The glyph for Izquitecatl, Person from Izquitlan, seems to show popcorn, so perhaps this "flower" is actually a piece of popcorn.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

ysquitlan barrio

Gloss Normalization:

Izquitlan barrio

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

place name

Syntax:

locative (not visual)

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Cardinal Directions, Cosmos

Celestial Phenomena

Flowers

Food, Eating, Cooking

Names (places)

Plants, Flora

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

curving, curvy, curved

frontal view

pointed (see also spiky)

quincunx or quatrefoil

right angle(s)

Keywords:

flowers, flores, cosmos, direcciones cardinales, sun, sol, day, día

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

izqui(tl), popcorn and flowers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/izquitl

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 496v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=71&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).