Chiquiuh (MH712v)

Chiquiuh (MH712v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Chiquiuh (“Basket”), shows a cross-section view of a basket in a wide U-shape, but with sharp angles. The basket has a herringbone weave that is like the petlatl (woven mat).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
cross-sectioned object
frontal view
U-shapes (any direction)
woven
Keywords: 

canastas, tejido, petate, nombres de hombres

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

chiquihu(itl), a basket, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiquihuitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Canasta

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 712v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=503&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).

Orthography: 
"ç" for z or tz
"g" for c, q, or x
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

chiquiuhchiuhqui (MH486v)

chiquiuhchiuhqui (MH486v)