Chalchiuh (MH650r)

Chalchiuh (MH650r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Chalchiuh ("Jade") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a single green bead (chalchihuitl) on a twisted white cord.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

gaspal chalchiuh

Gloss Normalization:

Gaspar Chalchiuh

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)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Rope, cord

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Turquoise or Jade

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

green (light)

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

tied, bound, or bundled

Keywords:

cuentas, jades, collares, verde, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chalchihu(itl), jade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalchihuitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Jade

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 650r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=382&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:

"l" for r

Historical Contextualizing Image: