Iztacxochitl (MH796r)

Iztacxochitl (MH796r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Iztacxochitl (“White Flower”) is attested here as a woman’s name. The glyph shows a flower with four rounded petals and a small circle in the center. The result is a quincunx type of shape.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Women's names in this collection are rare compared to men's because married women and daughters are represented by the male head of household, the person responsible for most tribute payments. Notice how women's names often have a flower component (-xoch-), more often than men's. Xochitl glyphs come in many different shapes. Below are a couple that match this shape of this one. Earlier flowers, from the Codex Mendoza, also appear below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

mariā izthacxochitl

Gloss Normalization:

María Iztacxochitl

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:

Color names

Flowers

Gender (female)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

frontal view

quincunx or quatrefoil

Keywords:

flores, nombres de colores, nombres de mujeres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xoch(itl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
Iztac, white, something white, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iztac

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Flor Blanco

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 796r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=666&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:

"th" for t, d, or gd

intrusive overbar

Historical Contextualizing Image: