Xochicozcatl (MH884v)

Xochicozcatl (MH884v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xochicozcatl (”Flower Necklace”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a circular string or necklace (cozcatl) of flowers (xochitl). The flowers are long and pointing downward. The cord upon which the flowers are strung is tied at the top.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Necklaces (cozcatl) could be made of many different objects, such as shells, beads of various kinds (including greenstone and turquoise), golden bells, carved wood, maize flowers, and corn cobs. Eagle heads combined with necklaces are not literally about jewelry, but provide the phonetic elements for the bird called the cozcacuauhtli, the king vulture.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

barthasal xochicozcatl

Gloss Normalization:

Baltazar Xochicozcatl

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 (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Rope, cord, string, leather ties

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

tied, bound, or bundled

Keywords:

flores, collares, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cozca(tl), necklace, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cozcatl-0
xochi(tl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Collar de Flores

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 884v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=841&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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