Tepohualxoch (MH652v)

Tepohualxoch (MH652v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tepohualxoch (perhaps "Census Flower") is attested here as a woman's name. It has a dark, heart-shaped base, roots below that, and an explosion of petals above.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The name of this flower (tepohualxochitl) is somewhat reminiscent of the name for the marigold (cempohualxochitl), which also has a large number of petals. Does the word for census hint at a large number?

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

leonor tepuvalxo..

Gloss Normalization:

Leonor Tepohualxoch

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

numbers

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flowers

Gender (female)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Numbers, Math

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

roots are visible

Keywords:

flores, censos, contar, muchos, pétalos, nombres de mujeres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tepohual(li), a census, or register, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepohualli
tepohualama(tl), a document recording demography, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepohualamatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Matrícula de Flores

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 652v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=387&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:

"u" for o

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: