Cilmecatl (MH532v)

Cilmecatl (MH532v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cilmecatl (“String of Turbinate Shells,” attested here as a man’s name) shows two turbinate shells (cilin) in a row, suggesting that they have been strung on a cord (mecatl), although the cord is not visible. Hence, this should be considered a simplex glyph instead of a compound.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The idea of a string of cilin recalls some necklaces, such as appear in the comparisons below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Sanctos Cilmecatl

Gloss Normalization:

Santos Cilmecatl

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:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

reduplication (visual)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Marine, Maritime, Lacustrine

Measurements, Quantities

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Shells

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

symmetry

vertical, upright

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

shells, cascabeles, conchas, caracoles, cords, mecates

Museum & Rare Book Comparisons:

Museum/Rare Book Notes:

Photograph by Stephanie Wood, Mueso del Templo Mayor, 15 February 2023.

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cil(in), small turbinate shell, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cilin
meca(tl), cord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Caracolillas Ensartadas

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 532v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=144&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:

intrusive "c"

Historical Contextualizing Image: