Chimalteuh (MH490v)

Chimalteuh (MH490v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound Nahuatl hieroglyph 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.

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

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

garcia (?) chimalteuh

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Garcia (?) Chimalteuh

Gloss/Text 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

Syntax:

syllable: teuh (from teuhtli, dust)

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:

cuexyoh, 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).

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