ihuiamanteca (MH642v)

ihuiamanteca (MH642v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This compound glyph for the occupation of feather worker (here, in the plural,
ihuiamanteca) shows an agricultural tool (huictli) on the left, playing a semantic role for work (tequitl), which also has a phonetic role, providing the “tec” in ihuiamanteca. On the right is a feather device that would be a product that the feather workers would create. It is a group of feathers wrapped in something red, which is bound with perhaps a natural leather tie. Three feathers emerge from the wrapping.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

yuiamāteca

Gloss Normalization:

ihuiamanteca

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)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

pointed (see also spiky)

tied, bound, or bundled

tripartite

vertical, upright

Keywords:

plumas, trabajadores de plumas, oficios

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ihu(itl), feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ihuitl
amanteca(tl), an artisan, or a featherworker,
https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/amantecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

trabajadores de plumas

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:

"y" for i

dropped "h"

Historical Contextualizing Image: