Chimalpepech (MH810r)

Chimalpepech (MH810r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the compound name Chimalpepech is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a right hand (maitl) reaching in from the left. Below the hand is a frontal view of a circular war shield (chimalli) with two horizontal black lines (one thin, above, and one thick, below) in the middle of the circle. Below these lines are three small U-shapes. The circle is completely surrounded with what might be small feathers. Longer feathers hang down from the bottom third of the shield.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

While the hand could be a phonetic complement for the -ma- in chimalli, it may serve either a phonetic or a semantic role in the second part of the name, -pepech. This remains to be elucidated further. The design of this shield is a common one, but one will find another U-shape above the double lines in some cases. Another typical design can be found on the bottom two examples, below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

escudos, rodelas, manos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

(un tipo de rodela)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 810r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=694st=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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