Xicochimalco (Mdz13r)

Xicochimalco (Mdz13r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This compound glyph for the place name Xicochimalco (perhaps meaning "On the Bumblebee Shield") features a honeybee or a bumblebee (xicotli) decorating a war shield (chimalli). The bee is yellow and black. Th shield is round, with an inner black circle close to the perimeter. It is also painted yellow. The locative suffix (-co) is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

xicochimalco.pu^o

Gloss Normalization:

Xicochimalco, pueblo

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)

Date of Manuscript:

c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Semantic Categories:

place name

Syntax:

locative (not visual)

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Names (places)

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black

yellow or golden

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

front to back

Keywords:

escudos, rodelas, xicotl, xico, jicotes, abejorros, bees, wasps, avispas, abejas, nombres de lugares, topónimos

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xico(tli), a large honey bee, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xicotli
chimal(li), war shield, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chimalli
-co (locative suffix), in or at, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/co

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

En la Rodela del Abejorro (o Jicote)

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 13 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 36 of 188.

Image Source, Rights:

The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).