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, string, leather ties

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

Museum & Rare Book Comparisons:

Museum/Rare Book Notes:

These beads are located in the Regional Museum of Guadalajara. The strings are not the originals. Presumably these strands represent chalchihuitl (green) and xihuitl (turquoise), but the distinction between blue and green is not always hard and fast. (Photo by Stephanie Wood, 4 February 2025.)

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: