Chimalcozauh (MH498v)
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Chimalcozauh (“Yellow Shield,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of a round shield with a quincunx design in the middle. At the top of the shield, on the perimeter, are two feathers, possibly pointing to the yellow color that is not visible due to this being a black-and-white drawing.
Stephanie Wood
The feathers may come from the yellow parrot (cozotl). Cozahui means to become yellow, so perhaps the name is "The Shield Turned Yellow."
Stephanie Wood
gaspar
chimalcoçauh
Gaspar Chimalcozauh
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
chimal(li), a shield, a symbol for war itself, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chimalli
cozahui, to become yellow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cozahui
cozo(tl), a yellow parrot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cozotl
Cozauh, a person's name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cozauh
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Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 498v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=76&st=image
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