Xochiquen (MH537v)

Xochiquen (MH537v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xochiquen (“Flowery-Garment,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of a square ritual bib or vestment (quemitl) with flowers (xochitl) on it.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

An alternate reading would be Xochicuen, with the second part being from cuemitl, furrow or field.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

antonio xochique

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Xochiquen

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flowers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Religion (Indigenous)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

boxed in

frontal view

rectangular

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

front to back

Keywords:

ropa, flores, agricultura, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Xochiquen, famous name, ruler of Tenochtitlan, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochiquen
xochi(tl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
quem(itl), ritual garment, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quemitl
cuem(itl), furrow or agricultural field, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuemitl

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 537v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=154&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:

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: