Cemilhui (MH827v)

Cemilhui (MH827v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cemilhui (perhaps “All Day”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a red-capped mushroom with four blades of grass at its base.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Perhaps “All Day” or “One Day” has another meaning in reference to mushrooms. If this is a hallucinogenic mushroom, then perhaps it is the length of time a person would be under its influence. This is just speculation. Another possibility is that this is a phonetic indicator of some kind that would bring forth the meaning of one day. But the Nahuatl term for mushroom is nanacatl, which does not have any obvious connection to ilhuitl.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

caspal cemilhui

Gloss Normalization:

Gaspar Cemilhui

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:

calendrics

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Food, Eating, Cooking

Gender (male)

Intoxicating drugs, hallucinogens

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

red

white/neutral

Keywords:

hongos, días, calendarios, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cemilhui(tl), one day or all day, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cemilhuitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Un Día, o Todo el Día

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 827v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=729&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:

"c" for g

"çe" for ce

"l" for r

Historical Contextualizing Image: