Chicomacatl (MH522r)

Chicomacatl (MH522r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound personal name Chicomacatl (here, attested as male), shows two reeds or canes (acatl), segmented like bamboo and with small leaves coming off the stalks. These reeds are coming out of what appears to be a ceramic pot (comitl) with handles. The first part of the name (Chi-), drawing from the gloss, is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The -com- (from the ceramic pot, comitl) is a phonetic indicator for part of the number, chicome (seven), which has been contracted with acatl (reed), dropping the -e-. This is a calendrical name from the 260-day divinatory calendar, the tonalpohualli. Chicomacatl is compounded from Chicome Acatl (7-Acatl, or 7-Reed), typically referring to a birth date. If not specifically referring to the calendar, the name can also refer to a medicinal herb called chicomacatl.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

luis chicomacatl

Gloss Normalization:

Luis Chicomacatl

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:

calendrics

personal name

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Ceramics, Pottery

Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

vertical, upright

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

ceramics, cerámica, carrizo, cañas, reeds, calendarios, Chicomaca, días, fechas, tonalpohualli

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chicome, seven, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chicome
aca(tl), reed/cane, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acatl
chicomaca(tl), medicinal herb, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chicomacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Hierba Medicinal "Chicomacatl"

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie WOod

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 522r, World Digital Library.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=123&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: