texinque (MH641v)
This simplex glyph for the occupation of the sculptors (texinque, and texinqui in the singular), simply shows the tool that was used for carving stone. It is a vertical stick with a triangular, pointed stone attached to the stick up near the top. The attachment seems to have been made with a mecatl (rope or cord), indicated by the short diagonal lines. Compare this tool with others, below, to see how the technology of tool making can vary.
Stephanie Wood
As the image of the gloss shows, a line over the letter “e” would suggest we should add an “n” after the first “e,” but that would be incorrect. Also, this scribe uses a “g” where a “q” should be, and what should be a “u” before the final “e” is an “n,” another error,
Stephanie Wood
tēxigne
texinque
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
herramientas, piedra, madera, esculturas
texinqui, one who cuts hair, shears a sheep, sculpts, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/texinqui
escultores
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 641v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=365&st=image&r=-0.792,...
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