Challi (MH775v)

Challi (MH775v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Challi ("Jade" or "Introduced"), is attested here as a man's name. It is the same sign as (chalchihuitl), which also means jade. The sign consists here of five circles--a large one in the middle and four smaller ones radiating around the big one. The large one has a tiny circle in the middle of it, making it look like a jade bead. Interspersed around and between the four perimeter circles are dots, which add a radiance to the gem.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

If the person’s name is not meant to be jade/green stone, then perhaps these visuals are phonetic indicators for the verb chalia, to introduce or inaugurate.

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

peo. challi

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Challi (or Chali)

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
phonetic possibilities
Syntax: 
noun(s)
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Turquoise or Jade
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement
quincunx or quatrefoil
circle, circular or rounded
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
dotted, granular, textured
frontal view
Keywords: 

estrenar, inaugurar, jade, chalchihuites, nombres de hombres

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

chalia, to introduce or inaugurate, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalia
chal(li), jade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/challi
chalchihui(tl), jade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalchihuitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Jade, o Estrenado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 775v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=625&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: 

Chalchihuitl (MH491r)

Chalchiuh (MH520r)

chalchihuitl (Mdz6r)

Challi (MH718v)

Challi (MH663r)