Chichimeca Yaotequihua (MH695v)

Chichimeca Yaotequihua (MH695v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, ethnicity, or title,, Chichimeca Yaotequihua (“Chichimec War Leader”), is shown as the head of a man in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. Two or three vertical and two horizontal lines intersect on the side of his face. This is probably face paint, perhaps war paint, and a special design that sends a message of the Chichimec ethnicity. Below this human head is what appears to be a spotted serpent with a protruding bifurcated tongue.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Comparing this glyph with others for the same ethnicity or name we see that the presence of a serpent is unusual. It is not even clear what semantic or possibly phonetic role it might play here. Also, another glyph in this group shows a bow and arrow, which are hallmarks for Chichimec ethnicity in some cases.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pedro chichimecayaotequiva

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Chichimeca Yaotequihua

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:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Face Paint or Tattoos

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Tongue Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

etnicidades, chichimecas, ancestros, pintura facial, serpientes, víboras, culebras, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Chichimeca, Mexica ancestors from the North, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chichimeca
yaotequihua, war leader, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaotequihua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Líder Chichimeca de Guerra

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 695v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=471&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:

"u" for hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: