texinqui (MH535v)

texinqui (MH535v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the occupation texinqui (“stone carver," "wood cutter," or "sculptor") shows a human hand holding a hatchet and cutting or shaving (xima) a stone (tetl). The stone is the usual horizontal shape with curling ends and contrasting, diagonal lines across its middle.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The glyph for this occupation is reminiscent of the glyph for tetzotzonqui, mason. See various examples of such tools, below. Also, the orthography where the "n" is dropped in texinqui is very common, but it would seem to be a required element, given that "xin" would be a combining stem from xima.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

texiqui

Gloss Normalization: 

texinqui

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Gender (male)
Occupations
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

texinqui, sculptor, woodcutter, barber, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/texinqui
xima, to cut, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xima
te(tl), stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el escultor

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 535v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=150&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: 
See Also: 

tetzotzonqui (MH594v)

texinqui (MH489r)

Texinqui (MH509r)

texinqui (MH519v)