conchiuhqui (MH833r)

conchiuhqui (MH833r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black-lline drawing of the simplex glyph for the noun and occupation conchiuhqui ("potter"). Only the outline of the pottery jug (comitl) is black, and the jug itself is painted red. Three small handles are visible on the jug.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The comitl is the simplex glyph. The -chiuhqui (maker) part of the occupation name is not shown visually, just implied. A similar glyph is zoquichiuhqui, which refers to clay/mud (zoquitl). See examples below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

cochiuh
q~

Gloss Normalization:

conchiuhqui

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)

verb

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Ceramics, Pottery

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Occupations

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

red

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Keywords:

jug, jugs, pots, vessels, ceramics, barro, cerámica, jarra, cántaro, ceramista

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

comi(tl), ceramic pot or jug, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/comitl
chihua, to make; to do, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ch%C4%ABhua-0

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 833r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=740&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:

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: