Cepayauh (MH882v)

Cepayauh (MH882v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cepayauh (“Snow”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a pile of white snow. The circular bits of snow are somewhat large, but perhaps the pile is meant as a closeup.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See the other example of Cepayauh, below. That one includes a phonetic “pa” syllable.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

anto. cepayauh

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Cepayauh

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)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Weather, Climate
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
Keywords: 

nevar, naive, nombres de hombres

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

cepayahu(itl), snow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cepayauhuitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Nieve, o posiblemente, Ha Nevado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 882v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=837&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: 
See Also: 

Cepayauh (MH777v)