tetzotzonqui (MH771v)

tetzotzonqui (MH771v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the occupation tetzotzonqui ("Stone Mason") is attested here as pertaining to a man. The occupation is represented by a stone-working tool. It appears to be a wooden Y-shaped tool. It has a triangular, turquoise-blue hatchet head inside the Y.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Usually, the hatchet head is a natural stone or metal, such as copper, and it is tied to the Y with sinue. If copper, the head is sometimes painted red. The use of turquoise here is unusual. It can imply something of high preciosity.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

tetzotzoq~

Gloss Normalization:

tetzotzonqui

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Occupations

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

blue (turquoise)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Y-shapes

Keywords:

piedras, escultores, trabajadores, color turquesa, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tetzotzona, to work with stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetzotzona

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Escultor, o Trabajador de Piedra

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 771v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=617&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:

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: