cacchiuhqui (MH504v)

cacchiuhqui (MH504v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph for the occupation of shoemaker (cacchiuhqui) is not glossed in this particular case, but we have taken the word from glosses associated with very similar glyphs in the same manuscript, the Matrícula de Huexotzinco. This glyph shows a sandal-like shoe in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. A string for tying the shoe seems to come from the toe to the site of what would be the ankle. At the site of the heel there is a protective piece of (what is most likely) leather. Perpendicular to the shoe is a tool, pointed at the tip and with a round ball at the top.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See other examples of shoes below. The ties can appear to be red leather straps. The heel backing is sometimes a mesh-like texture.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Occupations

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

horizontal

pointed (see also spiky)

vertical, upright

Keywords:

shoemaker, shoes, occupations, oficios, zapatos, sandalias, cacles, huaraches

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cac(tli), sandal or shoe, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cactli
-chiuhqui, one who makes it, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiuhqui-0
chihua, to make or to do, -qui, one who, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/qui-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

el zapatero

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 504v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=88&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).