Teonolxochitl (MH796r)

Teonolxochitl (MH796r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Teonolxochitl is attested here as a woman’s name. The glyph shows a flowering fruit (perhaps nochtli) that appears to belong to the prickly pear cactus (nopalli plant). Perhaps this image is used as a kind of homophone (Teonol ≅ Tenoch-), where Tenoch- is the better-known start to the name of the Nahua capital, Tenochtitlan.

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-), more often than men's. See other examples of the name Teonolxochitl below. A fuller analysis and a translation of the name requires further research.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

marthā teonolxochitl

Gloss Normalization:

Marta Teonolxochitl

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:

homophony, rebus

personal name

phonetic possibilities

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flowers

Gender (female)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Religion (Indigenous)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

frontal view

spiny

Keywords:

nopales, tunas, flores, plantas, frutas, nombres de mujeres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

te(tl), stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl
onoltia, reverential of onoc, to be stretched out in a horizontal position, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/onoltia
noloa, to bend or fold over, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/noloa
xoch(itl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Flor del Nopal

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 796r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=666&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: