Poyon (MH622r)

Poyon (MH622r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line glyph of a flower stands for the personal name Poyon (a "Rose-like Flower" or a "Hallucinogen"). The flower is shown in a frontal view. It has a circular center and eight petals.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Two plants especially well known for their hallucinogenic properties are peyotl and ololiuhqui.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Diego
poyon

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Poyon

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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Flowers
Gender (male)
Intoxicating drugs, hallucinogens
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
Keywords: 

drugs, drogas, flowers, flores, hallucinogenic, alucinógeno

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

poyon, a narcotic, a hallucinogen, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/poyon
poyoma(tl), flower like a rose, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/poyomatl
poyomah(tli), hallucinogenic drug mixture to drink or smoke, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/poyomahtli
ololiuhqui, a flowering, narcotic plant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ololiuhqui
peyotl, the mescal cactus, whose buttons, when consumed, produce a narcotic effect, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/peyotl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 622r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=326st=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: 

Poyon (MH567v)

Poyoma (MH543r)

Poyon (MH761v)

Poyon (MH679r)