Chimalpan (MH495v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the place name Chimalpan shows a war shield (chimalli) with a cuexyo design. This is the name of a barrio.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:
chimalpan
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Gloss Normalization:
Chimalpan
Gloss Analysis, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
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Syntax:
Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Keywords:
shields, rodelas, escudos, barrios, topónimos
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
chimal(li), war shield, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chimalli
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 495v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=70&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).
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