Poyon (MH761v)

Poyon (MH761v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Poyon (“A Rose-like Flower" or a "Hallucinogen,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of a flower with eleven petals, a round center with two circles, and an exterior circle drawn around the 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: 
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 (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: 

flores, alucinógeno, nombres de hombres

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

poyon, a narcotic plant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/poyon
poyoma(tl), a flower like the rose, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/poyomatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

(una planta alucinógena)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 761v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=601&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: 
dropped "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Poyon (MH567v)

Poyon (MH622r)

Poyotzin (MH616v)

Poyoma (MH543r)

Poyon (MH679r)

Poyon (MH687v)