Moxochitecuiya (MH763r)

Moxochitecuiya (MH763r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Moxochitecuiya is attested here as a man's name.

Description, 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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
verb
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Flowers
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
tied, bound, or bundled
vertical, upright
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
inherent/internal/merged
Keywords: 

flores, envueltas, girar, nombres de hombres

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

mo-, reflexive prefix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mo-1
xochi(tl), flowers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
tecuiya, to wrap around, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuiya

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Flores Envueltas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 763r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=604&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Imac Tlacuiya (MH602r)