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 (“The Chichimecas’ 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.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

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

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: