Xochimahua (MH614v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xochimahua is attested here as a man's name.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
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Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Keywords:
nombres de hombres
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
![](https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/XochimahuaMH614vCmpndPerNamMale.png?itok=MTQE6nHU)
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
xochi(tl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
ma(itl), hand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maitl
-hua (possessive), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 614v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=311&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:
![](https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/sites/default/files/XochimahuaMH614vContext.png)