Calmecahua (MH643v)

Calmecahua (MH643v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Calmecahua (perhaps "House With a Cord," attested here as a man's name) shows a frontal view of a standard house (calli) that has a twisted cord (mecatl) coming out from the entrance. The -hua (possessive singular) is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The orthography used by this tlacuilo, who made two notable substitutions in the spelling of Cal-, probably had had considerable contact with written Spanish, more than most of the authors of this manuscript.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

luys garmecauā

Gloss Normalization:

Luis Calmecahua

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax:

noun(s)

possessive pronoun

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Rope, cord

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

rectangular

striped

tied, bound, or bundled

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

back to front

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cal(li), house or building, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/calli
meca(tl), cord or rope, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mecatl
calmecac, school, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/calmecac

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Estudiantes (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 643v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=369&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:

Historical Contextualizing Image:

Calmecahua (MH643v)Compound Glyph

Calmecahua (MH643v)
Compound Glyph