Cencalacohuayan (MH590v)

Cencalacohuayan (MH590v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cencalacohuayan (“An Entire Doorway,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of the lower half of a standing man's body. He is wearing a loincloth and has bare feet. His upper body is not shown, but in the place of that are two curving elements that are rounded and yet still for something of a large X shape. Perhaps this is meant to convey a doorway or entryway (calacohuayan).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The curving lines are reminiscent of the curving ball court shapes in another glyph from this same manuscript. See the tlachtli below. That particular ball court has some features in common with the glyph for movement (olin). These comparisons raise questions about the translation we have given Cencalacohuayan. Perhaps the Cen- prefix alters the meaning of door or entrance in some significant way that is unclear yet.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Sanc nicolas cecalacohuayan

Gloss Normalization:

San Nicolás Cencalacohuayan

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

place name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising

Anatomy, human body parts

Names (places)

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

frontal view

tied, bound, or bundled

Keywords:

entradas, entryways, doors, puertas, taparrabos, loincloths, standing, a pie, curving, bending, curvar, doblar, cancha de pelota, ballcourts

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

calacohuayan, a door, an entry, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/calacohuayan
ce, one, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ce
cen, entirely, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cen

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

La Entrada Entera, o el Pueblo de Una Entrada Completa

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 590v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=260&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: