Camisa (MH498r)

Camisa (MH498r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Camisa (“Shirt,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of a tunic-like man's shirt that has a European style. The shirt has long sleeves and perhaps a v-neck. Lines indicate folds in the cloth, giving it somewhat of a three-dimensionality.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Nahuas of some status were acquiring European clothing by this time in the Spanish-colonial era. However, to name a child "shirt" has a potential humorous intent.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

andres
camissa

Gloss Normalization: 

Andrés Camisa

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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Humor (potentially)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
striped
three-dimensionality
vertical, upright
frontal view
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

nombres de hombres

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

camisa, shirt, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/camisa

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 498r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=75&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: 

Camisa (MH713r)

Camisa (MH725r)