Chipo (MH883r)

Chipo (MH883r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Chipo (“Tick”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a nude man (perhaps indicating his vulnerability), in profile, facing right. His arms are raised, his back is arched, and his stomach is protruding. His visible eye seems to be closed (usually a sign of death). He has no hands or feet. Perhaps he has been bitten by a chipo (tick) and gotten very sick.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The gloss says xipō, but the assumption here is that it intends chipo (or chipotli, referring to a tick). On MH882v is a very similar glyph with the gloss xinxinpō, but that must also refer to a reduplicated chipo or chipoh (with the glottal stop). Anyone with better information is encouraged to share it.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

andres . xipō

Gloss Normalization: 

Andrés Chipo

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)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Animals: Insects & Bugs
Gender (male)
Health, Medicine
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Nudity
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

garrapatas, nombres de hombres

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

chipo(tli), a tick, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chipotli
chipoh, a tick, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chipoh

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Garrapata

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 883r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=838&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).

Orthography: 
"x" for ch
intrusive period
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Xalacatl (MH643r)

Yacapich (MH660v)

Acil (MH883r)

Quelo (MH897v)