Chichimecatl (MH794v)

Chichimecatl (MH794v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal/ethnic name Chichimecatl (referring to someone from the Chichimeca region and culture group) is attested here as a man's name. The glyph is a bow and arrow, pointing toward the viewer's right. The arrow point is triangular.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The bow and arrow is practically a Chichimec signature. In the other examples, below, another recurring feature identified with Chichimecs is the face paint (or tattooing?) involving criss-crossing lines across the cheek.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

ximō chichimecatl

Gloss Normalization:

Simón Chichimecatl

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:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Hunting and Fishing

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

War or Conflict

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

pointed (see also spiky)

profile view

triangular

Keywords:

etnicidades, chichimecas, cazar, arcos, flechas, armas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Chichimecatl, a Chichimeca, Indigenous person from the North, ancestor of the Mexica, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chichimecatl
-catl, affiliation suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/catl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Hombre Chichimeca

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 794v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=663&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:

"g" for c, q, or x

Historical Contextualizing Image: