Xoxopehualoc (MH713v)

Xoxopehualoc (MH713v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing for the compound glyph for the personal name, Xoxopehualoc (perhaps, “He was Kicked”), is attested here as pertaining to a man. It shows a nude man falling backwards as he is being kicked with an unclad leg in profile (facing right). The kicked man has his visible eye closed, which may suggest he was killed.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Unclothed bodies in this collection can seem to be in vulnerable positions, such as in this case. See some other examples, below.

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:

reduplication (in gloss/text)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Nudity

War or Conflict

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing left

profile view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

pies, piernas, conflicto, cuerpos, agresivo, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xoxopehua, to stand in defiance, or to kick someone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xoxopehua
pehua, to conquer an enemy, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pehua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Él Fue Pateado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 713v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=505&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: