Tzacuaxochitl (MH652v)

Tzacuaxochitl (MH652v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tzacuaxochitl (perhaps "Enclosed Flower") is attested here as a woman's name. It shows an upright flower (xochitl) with a base, a stem, and a full leaf leaning off to the right. The top of the flower is spiky, but it is difficult to discern separate petals, which may imply the tzacua- part of the name.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

luysa çaguaxochitl

Gloss Normalization:

Luisa Zacuaxochitl

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

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flowers

Gender (female)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Keywords:

flores, nombres de mujeres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tzacua, enclosed, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzacua
xoch(itl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Flor Cerrada

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:

"ç" for z or tz

"y" for i

Historical Contextualizing Image: