Temacxochitl (MH771v)

Temacxochitl (MH771v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black, white, and red drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Temacxochitl (perhaps "Flowers in Someone's Hands") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a left hand (maitl) holding two red flowers (xochitl). Both flowers have three petals, and one of them has two stamens or pistils showing. The one on the viewer's right has a longer stem, and it bends over. The Te- start to the name is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Ju^o te macxochitli

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Temacxochitl

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)

indefinite "te"

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Flowers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

profile view

facing right

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

flores, manos, agarrar, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

temac, in someone's hands, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/temac
xochi(tl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Flores en la Mano de Alguien

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 771v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=617&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: