Chimalcozauh (MH498v)

Chimalcozauh (MH498v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Chimalcozauh (“Yellow Shield,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of a round shield with a quincunx design in the middle. At the top of the shield, on the perimeter, are two feathers, possibly pointing to the yellow color that is not visible due to this being a black-and-white drawing.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The feathers may come from the yellow parrot (cozotl). Cozahui means to become yellow, so perhaps the name is "The Shield Turned Yellow."

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

gaspar
chimalcoçauh

Gloss Normalization:

Gaspar Chimalcozauh

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Color names

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

War or Conflict

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

circle, circular or rounded

U-shapes (any direction)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

feathers, plumas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chimal(li), a shield, a symbol for war itself, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chimalli
cozahui, to become yellow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cozahui
cozo(tl), a yellow parrot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cozotl
Cozauh, a person's name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cozauh

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Escudo Se Convirtió en Amarillo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 498v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=76&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: