Chichimecatl (MH895r)

Chichimecatl (MH895r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or ethnicity, Chichimecatl (“Person from the Chichimeca”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a bow and arrow, a semantic indicator for the semi-sedentary northerners who hunted and fought with bows and arrows. The bent-wood bow is on the left, with a string tied at both ends. On the right is the arrow, which has a point with two barbs.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Another recurring feature identified with Chichimecs is the face paint or tattooing across the cheek, involving criss-crossing lines.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o. chi^chimecatl

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Chichimecatl

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

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Othering

Rope, cord, string, leather ties

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Wood, wooden things

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

tied, bound, or bundled

vertical, upright

Keywords:

etnicidades, chichimecas, cazar, arcos, flechas, armas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chichimeca(tl), an Indigenous person from the North, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chichimecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Un Chichimeca

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 895r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=862&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: