Xochmitl (MH797r)

Xochmitl (MH797r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xochmitl (“Flowery Arrow”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a horizontal arrow (mitl) with a flower (xochitl) in front of it. 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: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

gaspar xochmitl

Gloss Normalization: 

Gaspar Xochmitl

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 (male)
Gifts, Offerings, Sacrifice
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
front to back
Keywords: 

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

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

xoch(itl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
mi(tl), arrow or dart, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Flor-Flecha

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 797r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=668&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)

Xochmitl (MH674v)