chiquiuhchiuhque (MH642v)

chiquiuhchiuhque (MH642v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph for the noun chiquiuhchiuhque (basket makers) shows an upright basket (chiquihuitl) woven of reeds in a herringbone pattern, much like a petlatl is woven. This basket has a lid of the same material. The top bends over the upper edges of the basket.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

chiq~uhchiuhg~

Gloss Normalization:

chiquiuhchiuhque

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)

pluralization (visual or textual)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Occupations

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

rectangular

woven

Keywords:

oficios, cestas, canastas, baskets, basketmaker, chiquihuites, petates

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chiquiuhchiuhqui, basket maker, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiquiuhchiuhqui
chiquihui(tl), basket, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiquihuitl
chiuhqui, maker, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiuhqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

personas que hacen canastas

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 642v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=367&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: