Temacxochitl (MH741v)

Temacxochitl (MH741v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Temacxochitl (“A Flower in Someone’s Hands”) is attested here as pertaining to a woman. It shows a frontal view of a pair of hands of someone (providing the Temac-, meaning “in someone’s hands”). The thumbs are toward the center, but between the hands is a symmetrical flower (xochitl) with four petals, a short stem, and one leaf. The flower has a round center, giving it the look of a quincunx.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Flowers come in a large range of shapes. This particular shape shares something in common with tonalli (sun, day, or personal solar energizing force). See examples below. This name seems to convey a sweet sentiment, but it could also have to do with carrying flowers in religious activities, such as dancing.

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:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Flowers

Gender (female)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

quincunx or quatrefoil

symmetry

vertical, upright

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inward (from outside in)

Keywords:

manos, flores cuidados, nombres de mujeres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

temac, in the hands of someone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/temac
xochi(tl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
tonal(li), sun, day, personal solar energizing force, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tonalli
Temacxochitl, a personal name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/temacxochitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Una Flor en Manos de Alguien

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 741v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=561&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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