Maxochitl (MH877r)

Maxochitl (MH877r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Maxochitli (perhaps “Hand-held Flowers”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a bouquet of three flowers that seem to be wrapped, tied in the middle, and have some stems or roots hanging loose at the bottom.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Hand-held flower arrangements were primarily used for dancing, judging from iconographic examples of dancers. See two other Maxochitl glyphs below. (Note how this gloss adds as “i” to the end of Maxochitl, which could be a variant or an error.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

matheo maxochitli

Gloss Normalization: 

Mateo Maxochitli

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

flores, manos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

literalmente, Mano-Flores

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 877r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=826&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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