Chimalpan (MH527r)

Chimalpan (MH527r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the place name Chimalpan shows a round war shield with six fringe pieces hanging from the bottom third of the circle. The shield has a rim around the perimeter, and inside the circle are two curving double lines with a row of small circles in between. Above the upper double line are three inverted u-shapes. The -pan locative suffix is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This shield design is much like the cuexyo designs found in the Codex Mendoza (below).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

chimalpā barrio

Gloss Normalization:

Chimalpan, barrio

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:

place name

Syntax:

locative (not visual)

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Feathers

Names (places)

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

War or Conflict

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

U-shapes (any direction)

Keywords:

escudos, rodelas, shields, war, guerra, barrios, pueblos

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

En la Rodela, o En el Escudo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 527r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=133&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: