Mimich (MH648r)

Mimich (MH648r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Mimich ("Fish," attested here as a man's name) shows a horizontal fish facing toward the viewer’s right. This fish (michin) has a horizontal line through its middle that also protrudes from its mouth. The point coming out of the mouth is reminiscent of an arrow (mitl), which may be providing the extra syllable (mi-) for the reduplication at the start of the name.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The possible use of the arrow in this glyph is somewhat unusual, compared to other examples of Mimich, a few of which appear below. The contextualizing image includes a gloss that says this man was a weaver of floor mats (petates in Spanish).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego mimich petlachiuhq~

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Mimich, petlachiuhqui

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: 
phonetic dimensions
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
reduplication (in gloss/text)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

pez, peces, pescado, flechas, nombres de hombres

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

mich(in), fish, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/michin
mi(tl), arrow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mitl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 648r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=378&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: 
See Also: 

Mimich (MH483r)

Mimich (MH483v)

Mimich (MH521r)