Chimalteuh (MH490v)

Chimalteuh (MH490v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Chimalteuh ("Like a Shield") includes a war shield (chimalli) with a traditional design called cuexyo. The squiggles around the outside of the shield provide the reading of dust or dirt (teuhtli). However, the dust is likely a phonetic indicator for the suffix -teuh, in the manner of. If it is not a stretch, the dust might also serve as a phonetic indicator for -teo (from teotl, divinity or deity).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Dust can be carried easily by the wind, making wind (such as dust devils) visible, so, if it is not a phonetic indicator for -teuh (in the manner of), it may add religious meaning connected to Ehecatl, the divine force of wind. The suffix -teuh is also a near homophone for teotl) (deity, divine force).

It is also worth mentioning here that the name Chimalman also seems to mean "Like a Shield."

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

garcia (?) chimalteuh

Gloss Normalization:

Garcia (?) Chimalteuh

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

phonetic dimensions

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

War or Conflict

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

José Aguayo-Barragán and Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

outward (from inside out)

Keywords:

shields, rodelas, armas, polvo

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chimal(li), shield, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chimalli
-teuh, in the manner of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teuh
teuh(tli), dust, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teuhtli
cuexyo, a shield design, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cueyo

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

A Manera de la Rodela

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 483r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=60&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: