coztic teocuitlapitzqui (Mdz70r)

coztic teocuitlapitzqui (Mdz70r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This example of iconography from the Codex Mendoza shows a silversmith making objects of gold worker. He sits on a woven mat (petlatl) facing a three-legged container with a fire, where he is crafting objects in gold. Red and yellow flames shoot upward. A round disc that serves as the glyph for gold (teocuitlatl) appears on the edge of the container and at the front of the vessel.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

platero.

Gloss Normalization:

platero

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)

Date of Manuscript:

c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke

Gender (male)

Metals, Minerals, Mining

Occupations

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Keywords:

oro, plata, oficios, metales preciosos

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

coztic teocuitlapitzqui, a silver worker who works gold, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coztic-teocuitlapitzqui
teocuitlapitzqui, a silversmith, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teocuitlapitzqui
coztic, something red, yellow, or gold, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coztic
coztic teocuitlatl, gold, yellow gold, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coztic-teocuitlatl
coztic teocuitlacozca(tl), a gold gem, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coztic-teocuitlacozcatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

platero

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 70 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 150 of 188.

Image Source, Rights:

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)