Chimaltemoc (MH628v)

Chimaltemoc (MH628v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Chimaltemoc (perhaps "War Shield Descended") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a round war shield (chimalli) with a feather fringe at the bottom. The circle has four curving lines--a quatrefoil--inside and attached to the perimeter. Above the shield is one descending (-temoc, from the verb temo, in the preterit) footprint.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Juan
chimaltemoc

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Chimaltemoc

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

verb

visible movement

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Names (personal and/or theonym)

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

facing downward

bird's eye view

frontal view

quincunx or quatrefoil

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

shields, escudos, rodelas, huellas, guerra, movimiento, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

La Rodela Bajó

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 628v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=339st=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: