Yecaxoch (MH632v)

Yecaxoch (MH632v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Yecaxochitl (perhaps "Wind-Flower") is attested here as a woman's name. The elements are an anthropomorphic head with a buccal mask recalling the device of the divine force of the wind, Ehecatl. Attached to--and behind--the head is a flower with three visible petals, a stem, a leaf, and two long anthers with dots at the ends.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

It is not unusual to find a visual representation of what may be Ehecatl spelled with a "y" at the start (see below). More common, however, is simply Eca-.

Yecaxochitl (with the absolutive) appears as a name in the Nuevos documentos relativos a los bienes de Hernán Cortés, 1547–1947 (1946), 185, and in The Códice de Santa María Asunción, eds. Barbara J. Williams and ‎H. R. Harvey (1997). Neither of these sources suggests a translation.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

ynes
yecaxoch

Gloss Normalization: 

Inés Yecaxoch

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: 
deity name/theonym
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Flowers
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Weather, Climate
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
frontal view
profile view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
right to left
Keywords: 

agua dulce, fresh water, flowers, flores, wind, air, breath, viento, aire, aliento, nombres de mujeres, viudas

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

yeca(tl), fresh water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yecatl
eca(tl), breath, air, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ecatl
eheca(tl), wind, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ehecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Flor de Agua Dulce

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 632r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=347&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).

Orthography: 
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

xochitl (Mdz27r)

Ecatl (MH622r)

Yecatl (MH660v)