Xochiquen (MH679v)

Xochiquen (MH679v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xochiquen (“Flowery Ritual Bib”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the ritual bib (quemitl) attached to the tribute payer himself. It is apparently made of flowers (xochitl), but the most prominent parts of the flowers are the anthers on the stamens or pistils that protrude from the petals.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

In some flowers, such as these, the anthers are rather pronounced. The anthers are the flower parts that produce and provide the pollen, which has the reproductive capacity that has been compared in Western cultures to semen.

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)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flowers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

profile view

frontal view

facing right

Keywords:

prendas rituales, ropa, vestidos, flores, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xochi(tl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
quem(itl), ritual bib-like garment worn on the chest, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quemitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Prenda Ritual de Flores

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 679v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=439&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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