Chichimeca Yaotequihua (MH764r)

Chichimeca Yaotequihua (MH764r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or ethnic title, Chichimeca Yaotequihua (“Chichimeca War Leader”), is attested here as pertaining to a man. It shows the head of a man in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right, with face paint or tattooing. This involves intersecting horizontal (4) and vertical (3) lines.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Chichimecs could be perceived as barbarians in some Nahuatl texts, but in others, descendants are proud of their ancestors’ perceived warrior prowess. 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:

fran^co chichimecayaotequiua

Gloss Normalization:

Franco Chichimeca Yaotequihua

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:

Face Paint or Tattoos

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Othering

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing left

profile view

striped

Keywords:

guerreros, guerra, chichimecas, líderes, nombres de hombres, tatuaje o pintura en la cara

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Chichimeca, Mexica ancestors from the North, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chichimeca
yaotequihua, war leader, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaotequihua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Líder de Guerra de los Chichimecas

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 764r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=606&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:

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: