xochitl (MH513r)

xochitl (MH513r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black, white, and yellow painting of the glyphic element xochitl (flower) has been carved from the compound personal name glyph Calixoch (see below).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
day name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Flowers
Plants, Flora
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

flowers, flores

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

xochi(tl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 513r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=105&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).

See Also: 

Calixoch (MH513r)

xochitl (Mdz44r)

xochitl (Mdz42r)

xochitl (Mdz12r)

xochitl (Mdz10r)

xochitl (Mdz6r)

xochitl (MH483r)