Xochimaxtla (MH772r)

Xochimaxtla (MH772r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xochimaxtla ("Flower-Loincloth") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a frontal view of a tied, white, cotton loincloth. A flower design appears at the lower ends of the two pieces of hanging cloth. These flowers have four petals and a small circle at the center.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

a^ol xochimastla

Gloss Normalization:

Alonso Xochimaxtla

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)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

quincunx or quatrefoil

tied, bound, or bundled

vertical, upright

Keywords:

taparrabos, flores, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xochi(tl), flowers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
maxtla(tl), loincloth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maxtlatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Taparrabo con Flores

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 772r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=618&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:

"s" for x

Historical Contextualizing Image: