Xiuhtlapoca (MH624v)

Xiuhtlapoca (MH624v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xiuhtlapoca (perhaps "Turquoise Smokes") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a group of five small squares, which represent the tesserae used in turquoise (xihuitl) mosaics, providing the Xiuh- start to the name. The -tlapoca (smokes) is represented by the four volutes that rise from the squares. These curl at the top, toward the viewer's left.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

agustin
xiuhtlapoca

Gloss Normalization:

Agustín Xiuhtlapoca

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:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Turquoise or Jade

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

rectangular

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

turquesa, humo, piezas de mosáico, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xihui(tl), turquoise, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl
Tlapoca, a personal name, smokes something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapoca

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

La Turquesa Humeante

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 624v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=331&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).

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