Xochipepena (MH812r)

Xochipepena (MH812r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xochipepena (perhaps “He Harvests Flowers”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a flower with four visible petals, a tripartite base, a stem, and a single leaf. The fingers of a right hand hold onto the stem of the flower. The hand has selected or harvested (pepena) this flower (xochitl).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The term pepena relates to harvesting and gleaning, as one chooses what to pick from a plant. It also applies to elections (choosing a leader). See our Online Nahuatl Dictionary for examples of the term's usage.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Writing Features: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

flores, escoger, cosechar, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Cosecha Flores

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 812r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=698&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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