Ce Imiuh (MH614r)

Ce Imiuh (MH614r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing with (some red colorant added) of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ce Imiuh ("He Has One Arrow") shows an arrow in a diagonal position, with the point on the right and slightly elevated. The point is what is painted red (perhaps for blood?), and it has two barbs.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

dieo ceimiuh

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Ce Imiuh

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
numbers
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Hunting and Fishing
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Numbers, Math
Technology (all types), plus Tools
War or Conflict
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
facing right
profile view
pointed (see also spiky)
spiky
Keywords: 

numbers, numeros, arrow, flecha

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

mi(tl), arrow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mitl
ce, one, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ce
i- (possessive pronoun)

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 614r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=310st=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: 
See Also: 

mitl (Mdz40r)