chalchihuitl (MH523r)

chalchihuitl (MH523r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the element chalchihuitl (jade) has been taken from the compound personal name glyph Chalchiuhtototl (see below). This sign has a large circle and four smaller ones evenly placed around the perimeter. Each of those on the perimeter has a dot in the middle, making it reminiscent of a bead. The central circle has another circle in the middle, and in between these concentric circles are short radiating lines.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Turquoise or Jade

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

quincunx or quatrefoil

shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement

symmetry

Keywords:

jades, piedras verdes, brilla

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chalchihui(tl), jade, green stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalchihuitl

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 523r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=125&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).