Ce Imiuh (MH698v)

Ce Imiuh (MH698v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ce Imiuh (“His One Arrow”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a vertical arrow with its point down, with perhaps a cane shaft. It has a heart-shaped point at the tip, and it is decorated with both a wing feather and a down ball or feather.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See how arrows called “mitl” can vary–especially in their points–below. There are also other types of projectiles, such as the tlacochin/tlacochtli and the tlaxichtli.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

çe ymiuh

Gloss Normalization: 

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
Syntax: 
noun(s)
possessive pronoun
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Keywords: 

posesivo, flechas, plumas, puntas, números, uno, nombres de hombres

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

ce, one, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ce
mi(tl), arrow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mitl
i- (3rd person singular possessive), his/her/its, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/i

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Su Única Flecha

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 698v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=476&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: 
"çe" for ce
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

mitl (MH526r)

mitl (Mdz23r)

mitl (MH521r)

mitl (Mdz33r)

Mihua (MH527r)

Mihuacan (MH496r)

Tlacochin (MH627r)

Tlaxich (MH517r)