Xochitleuh (MH671v)

Xochitleuh (MH671v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xochitleuh (perhaps “Flower’s Fire”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a vertical flower (xochitl) with a minimum of three petals at the top. Two anthers also emerge from the top of the flower. Below the flower are flames of a fire (tletl) that might be in a hearth, given what appear to be three stones.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See other examples of glyphs of the name Xochitleuh below. All show one flower and a suggestion of fire and/or smoke.

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)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke

Flowers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Keywords:

flores, fuego, flamas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xochi(tl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
tle(tl), fire, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tletl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Fuego de la Flor

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 671v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=423&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).

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