ocotzotlazqui (MH628v)

ocotzotlazqui (MH628v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the term ocotzotlazqui ("maker of liquidambar balls"), an occupation. It shows a right hand holding two black balls of resin (ocotzotl). This is likely the hand of the maker (-tlazqui) of the resin balls from the liquidambar (also called Sweet Gum) tree.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

As explained in the Online Nahuatl Dictionary, ocotzotl resin could be added to tobacco for smoking, and it had various medicinal uses. The similarity to the noun ocotl may derive from the fact that both trees produce resins. Oxitl is another source of resin. See examples of these glyphs, below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

ocotzotlazq~

Gloss Normalization:

ocotzotlazqui

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:

Anatomy, human body parts

Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke

Health, Medicine

Occupations

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

facing right

frontal view

profile view

Keywords:

liquidambar, resina, bolas, oficios

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ocotzo(tl), liquidambar, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ocotzotl
-tlazqui, a maker of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlazqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

productor de bolas de liquidambar

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 628v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=339st=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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: