Tocpacxochiuh (MH718r)

Tocpacxochiuh (MH718r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Tocpaxochiuh (“Our Crown of Flowers”), is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a bird’s eye view of a circular garland of flowers that was probably worn on someone’s head. The possessive pronoun (to-, our) is not shown visually.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This name seems rare, as there are no other flower garlands or crowns in this collection as of July 2024. However, one iconographic example from the Florentine Codex shows a man wearing flowers on his head (see below).

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)
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bird's eye view
Keywords: 

flores, guirnalda, corona, nombres de hombres

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

icpacxochiuh, a garland or crown of flowers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/icpacxochitl
to-, first person plural possessive pronoun, “our,” https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/node/175783
-icpac, on top, over, or above, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/icpac
xochi(tl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Nuestra Corona de Flores

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 718r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=514&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: 
See Also: 

tlahuanqui (FCbk4f11v)