ocotzotlazqui (MH812v)

ocotzotlazqui (MH812v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the occupation, ocotzotlazqui (pine resin maker) is attested here as pertaining to a man. The glyph shows a round pot sitting on the three stones of what may well be a hearth, which suggests something about how the resin is extracted from the wood.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See below for examples of the pine trees (typically, with pinecones) from which this resin is extracted.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

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:

Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke

Occupations

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Wood, wooden things

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

frontal view

Keywords:

pinos, madera, resinas, ocotes, oficios de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ocotzo(tl), pine resin or fatwood resin, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ocotzotl
-tlazqui, one who makes, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlazqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Fabricante de Resina de Ocote

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 812v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=699&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:

"ç" for z or tz

"tz" for z

intrusive "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: