Chichimeca Yaotequihua (MH597r)

Chichimeca Yaotequihua (MH597r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or ethnicity, Chichimeca Yaotequihua (“Chichimec War Leader,” here, belonging to a man) shows a profile view of a man's face looking toward the reader's right. His face as intersecting (four) horizontal and (two) vertical black lines painted (or possibly tattooed) on it, creating a mesh pattern.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

In this digital collection, face paint or tattooing has ethnic associations, involving Chichimecs, the Otomí, the Tlaxcalteca, and those who were “different” (e.g. the Tlamaca). Divine forces, such as Ecatl (or Ehecatl) and Xolotl, also have some face paint or tattoos.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

yzcate vevetque
di^o chichimecayaotequiva

Gloss Normalization:

izcate huehuetque:
Diego Chichimeca Yaotequihua

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Face Paint or Tattoos

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Othering

War or Conflict

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

checked, cross-hatched, or mesh

Keywords:

Chichimecas, pintura en la cara, etnicidades,guerreros, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Chichimeca, an ethnicity, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/Chichimeca

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Chichimeca

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 597r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=273st=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: