Ocoxoch (MH796v)

Ocoxoch (MH796v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ocoxoch (perhaps “Clover Flower”) which refers to a fragrant mountain flower that grows on a type of clover. It is attested here as a woman’s name. The glyph shows a curving stem or vine with many small oval-shaped petals. Below this is a flower with four rounded petals and a small circle at the center. The result is something of a quincunx.

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-), much more often than men's. Below are other examples of this flowering plant. One of them is a name held by a man.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

matharenā ocoxoch

Gloss Normalization: 

Magdalena Ocoxoch

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: 
Flowers
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
quincunx or quatrefoil
Keywords: 

plantas, flores, trébol, nombres de mujeres

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

ocoxoch(itl), a mountain flower that grows on a type of clover, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ocoxochitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Flor de Trébol

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 796v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=667&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: 
See Also: 

Ocoxoch (MH796r)

Ocoxochitl (MH778r)

Ocoxoch (MH644r)