Maxochitl (MH816v)

Maxochitl (MH816v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Maxochitl (“Handheld Flower Device”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a right hand (maitl) holding an arranged bouquet of flowers (xochitl) in three tiers and fanning out. The stems are tied at the bottom.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The maxochitl is a hand-held device that was probably used in rituals or dancing, perhaps like the feather or flower fans. See the Digital Florentine Codex for a variety of fans (in these search results). The feather fan in Book 2, folio 106 verso, is something like the glyph in this record.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

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)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Flowers

Gender (male)

Music, Song, Dance

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Keywords:

flores, manos, bailes, bailar, rituales, religión indígena, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ma(itl), hand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maitl
xoch(itl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Abanico de Flores

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 816v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=707&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).

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