Cenyaotl (MH835v)

Cenyaotl (MH835v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cenyaotl (perhaps “Fully a Combatant” or “Ce Miquiztli”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a corn cob (centli), which serves as a phonetic indicator for cen (entirely) or ce (one). The ear of maize is segmented, and it has short rays shining off from the perimeter of the cob. The shield (a chimalli) stands for the word yaotl (here, combatant). The shield has a white cross (+) in the middle of a black field.Thus, the name is Cenyaotl, but as the dictionary explains, this name was given to a child who was actually born on the sacred calendar day of 1-Death (Ce Miquiztli).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

peo çeyaotl

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Cenyaotl

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: 
calendrics
day name
personal name
Syntax: 
ce or cen syllable (from centli, maize cob)
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Corn, Maize
Death, decay, decomposition
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Time, Calendar, Frequency
War or Conflict
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
cross (+)
frontal view
segmented
shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement
Keywords: 

combatiente, enteramente, muerte, calendarios, tonalpohualli, nombres de hombres

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

Cenyaotl, a personal name relating to a calendrical date, 1-Death, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cenyaotl
cen(tli) or cin(tli), maize cob, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/centli
cen, entirely, totally, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cen
yao(tl), enemy or combatant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Guerrero Total o Uno-Miquiztli

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 835v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=745&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
dropped "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Matlactli Omome Miquiztli (FCbk4f7r)