tepozchichiquillateconi (FCbk10f17r)

tepozchichiquillateconi (FCbk10f17r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This iconographic example, featuring a European-type of saw (tepozchichiquillateconi), is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making comparisons with any related hieroglyphs. The term selected for this example comes from the keywords chosen by the team behind the Digital Florentine Codex. There is no gloss. This example shows two hands grabbing a wooden bar that runs down the middle of the tool. On the far right edge is a jagged metal saw blade. The context is a discussion of the occupation of the carpenter (cuauhxinqui or tlaxinqui) and the various tools being used in the construction of a house (calli).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Wood cutting tools in the autonomous (pre-contact) era usually involved stone, especially obsidian, or copper blades. Here, a saw has been adopted for use in construction. Below are some tools from earlier manuscripts.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Florentine/Florentinus, Codex (FC)

Date of Manuscript:

1577

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Gender (male)

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Wood, wooden things

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

tan

white/neutral

yellow or golden

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

sierra, sierras, madera, carpintería, carpinteros, carpintero, casas, construcción, arquitectura

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tepozchichiquillateconi, a saw, a carpenter’s tool (a European introduction), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepozchichiquillateconi

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

la sierra

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Available at Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 10: The People", fol. 17r, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/10/folio/17r/images/0 Accessed 5 September 2025.

Image Source, Rights:

Images of the digitized Florentine Codex are made available under the following Creative Commons license: CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International). For print-publication quality photos, please contact the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana ([email protected]). The Library of Congress has also published this manuscript, using the images of the World Digital Library copy. “The Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection. Absent any such restrictions, these materials are free to use and reuse.”

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