Xochiteotl (MH829v)

Xochiteotl (MH829v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xochiteotl (perhaps “Flower Divinity”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a symmetrical pair of flowers, each with three petals. The flowers join at the Y of the stems. Between the flowers is the head of a nenetl with a frontal view of the face and the two squared-off protrusions at the top of its head.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The term nenetl can mean deity image or figurine, and that appears to be what is showing here, although only the head is visible. The use of a nenetl for teotl does underline the use of nenetl to represent a divine force or deity. See other examples of the use of nenetl and frontal views of simple faces.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

andres xochiteotl

Gloss Normalization:

Andrés Xochiteotl

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:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flowers

Gender (female)

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Toys

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inward (from outside in)

Keywords:

flores, deidades, esculturas, figuritas, fuerzas divinas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xoch(itl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
teo(tl), divine force or deity, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teotl
nene(tl), doll, deity figurine, or female genitals, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nenetl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Flor-Divinidad

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 829v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=733&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: