chimalli (MH616v)

chimalli (MH616v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the noun, chimalli (war shield), doubles as the simplex glyph of the personal name, Mochimalcecelo (see below).

Description, 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: 
Art, Design, Crafts, etc.
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
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
circle (half)
frontal view
Keywords: 

shields, rodelas, escudos

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

chimal(li), shield, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chimalli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 616v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=315st=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: 
See Also: 

chimalli (Mdz4v)

chimalli (Mdz13r)

chimalli (Mdz23r)

chimalli (TR3v)

chimalli (TR5r)

Mochimalcecelo (MH616v)

Chimaleheca (MH626v)