Tepalxochitl (MH760r)

Tepalxochitl (MH760r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tepalxochitl (perhaps, a "Flower By Way of Someone") is attested here as a woman's name. It shows an upright flower (xochitl) with four petals at the top and a tripartite base at the bottom. The flower stands atop a horizontal stone (tetl) with curly ends and diagonal stripes that alternate light and dark. The stone is a phonetic indicator for the Te- start to the name.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

m^a tepalxochitl

Gloss Normalization:

María Tepalxochitl

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

adverb

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flowers

Gender (female)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

diagonal or angled

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

striped

tripartite

vertical, upright

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

otras personas, flores, adverbios, nombres de mujeres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tepal, by way of someone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepal
xochi(tl), flowers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Flores Por Medio de Alguien

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 760r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=598&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: