Chalchiuhtepec (MH624r)

Chalchiuhtepec (MH624r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the place name Chalchiuhtepec ("Jade Mountain") shows a drawing of a mountain (tepetl) with two humps. On top of the higher peak is a sign for jade (chalchihuitl). This is in the form of five small circles, each one with a dot in the middle, reminiscent of jade (chalchihuitl) beads. They are arranged like a quincunx, with one in the middle and the remaining four evenly spaced around the perimeter of the middle one.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

chalchiuh
tepec

Gloss Normalization:

Chalchiuhtepec

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:

place name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Landscape Features

Names (places)

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Turquoise or Jade

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

frontal view

quincunx or quatrefoil

rectangular

vertical, upright

Keywords:

cerros, montañas, barrios, jades, lugares, topónimos

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chalchihui(tl), jade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalchihuitl
tepe(tl), hill or mountain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepetl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Cerro de Jades

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 624r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=330st=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: