Tianquiztenco (MH708v)

Tianquiztenco (MH708v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the place name Tianquiztenco (“At the Edge of the Market”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a large circle and an inner circle, each one with a border. The border of the inner circle is yellow. Inside this inner circle are nine left and right footprints, suggesting human movement through the space, typical of a marketplace (tianquiztli). The outermost border is hatched. The space between the inner and outer circles is divided into ten segments, and in each segment is a small yellow circle surrounded by dots. These look something like little suns.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Comparing this market with other examples, one can see the attention to detail. This detail may be telling of the way Nahuas saw the marketplace, not just as a place where people congregate, but perhaps having an association with celestial or calendrical phenomena.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

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Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

mercados, tianguis, círculos, huellas, nombres de lugares, topónimos

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cerca del Mercado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 708v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=495&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).

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