acayechiuhqui (MH552r)

acayechiuhqui (MH552r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the occupation acayechiuhqui (“maker of perfumed sticks") shows a frontal view of a vertical stick. The upper two-thirds has a thick black substance on it. The tip and the handle are white.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Note the acayetl glyph from the Codex Mendoza, below. It compares favorably.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

acāyhechiuh
qui

Gloss Normalization: 

acayechiuhqui

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke
Gender (male)
Occupations
Plants, Flora
Sensory Perception
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
linear or multiple straight lines
rectangular
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

perfume, tobacco, tabaco, incienso

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

acaye(tl), perfumed stick, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acayetl
chihua, to make, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ch%C4%ABhua-0
-chiuhqui, maker, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiuhqui-0
-qui, one who, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/qui-1

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 552r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=183&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: 

acayetl (Mdz42r)