Chimalcueyo (MH643r)

Chimalcueyo (MH643r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for Chimalcueyo ("War Shield" of a certain design, attested here as a man's name) shows a round shield with a concentric circle that creates a border. Inside the border is a quincunx shape with four curves and a small circle in the middle. Feathers hang from the bottom of the shield, and squiggly lines of a vague scalloped shape appear on the top.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

"Cueyo" is not quite the same shield design as "cuexyo." This is perhaps a less common design, but it compares favorably to the shields in the glyphs Chimalhuilan and Chimalcozauh, below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Ju^o chimalcueyo

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Chimalcueyo

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Feathers

Gender (male)

War or Conflict

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

frontal view

quincunx or quatrefoil

Keywords:

rodelas, escudos, guerra, guerreros, diseños, nombres de hombres, feathers, plumas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chimal(li), war sheild, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chimalli
cuexyo, a war shield design, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuexyo

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Rodela o Escudo (de cierto diseño)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 643r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=368&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:

dropped "x"

Historical Contextualizing Image: