Xochmitl (MH674v)

Xochmitl (MH674v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xochmitl (“Flower-Arrow”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows an arrow (mitl) at an angle. At the top of the arrow, above the small round feather, is a flower (xochitl). This is a religious/ceremonial object.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The xochmitl was part of the Feast of Flowers of Macuilxochitl/Xochipilli, according to the Florentine Codex (Book 1, f. 12v). The arrow was laid upon five tamales; other offerings included corn cakes shaped as objects associated with war (shields, arrows, and swords) and dolls. See the Digital Florentine Codex, https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/book/1/folio/12v

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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: 
Feathers
Flowers
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
War or Conflict
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
Keywords: 

flores, flechas, armas, religión indígena, ofrendas, nombres de hombres

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

xochmi(tl), a flowery arrow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochmitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Flor-Flecha

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 674v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=429&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: 
See Also: 

Xochmitl (Verg8r)

Xochmitl (MH663r)