Mochimalcecelo (MH616v)

Mochimalcecelo (MH616v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Mochimalcecelo is attested here as a man's name.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
phrase or sentence
reduplication (in gloss/text)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
War or Conflict
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
circle (half)
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
Keywords: 

shields, escudos, rodelas, guerra, armas, nombres de hombres

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

mo-, possessive pronoun, your, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mo
chimal(li), shield, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chimalli
cecelia, to cool something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cecelia-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Su Escudo Ha Sido Enfriado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 616v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=315&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: 

chimalli (Mdz4v)

ihuiteteyo (Mdz65r)

Chimalhuilan (MH504r)

chimalli (MH616v)