español (Chav1)

español (Chav1)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This example of iconography consists of a black-line drawing of a Spaniard, referred to in the Nahuatl text as one of several "españoles" (Spaniards, using a loanword from Spanish) who received money from the town. It is a man who is standing, shown in a three-quarter perspective, looking toward the viewer's right. He wears a hat, a black cape with a high collar, a light-colored button-down belted tunic over light trousers, and light-colored shoes. He is gesturing with both arms.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Note, below, how some Indigenous authorities were already dressing like Spaniards.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Espanoles

Gloss Normalization: 

españoles

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Chavero, Codex (Chav)
Date of Manuscript: 

1578

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Gestures with hands
Politics, Power, Governance
Race, Ethnicity, Identity
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
3/4 view
vertical, upright
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

etnicidades, colonizadores, castellanos, imperialismo europeo, imperialismo español

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

español, a Spaniard, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/espa%C3%B1ol

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

un español

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

The Codex Chavero of Huexotzinco (or Códice Chavero de Huexotzinco), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_03246_001/?sp=1

Image Source, Rights: 

The Codex Chavero of Huexotzinco (or Códice Chavero de Huexotzinco) is held by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México. It is published online by the World Digital Library and the Library of Congress, which is “unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection.”

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

rey (Chav1)

macuiltecpanpixqui (MH500v)

Tlamaceuh (MH529v)

español (Osu7v)