tianquiztli (MH523v)

tianquiztli (MH523v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This element of a marketplace (tianquiztli is in itself a compound that has been carved from the compound glyph for the personal name or occupation, Tianquiztlahto (perhaps "Market Crier"). The focus here is a bird's eye view of the circular marketplace with the footprints showing human activity in and around the space. Since the circle is not much to provide the semantic value for tianquiztli, the footprints add both a semantic value (movement) and a phonetic value, -quiz, from the verb quiza, to emerge.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Semantic Categories:

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

verb

visible movement

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Footprint(s), human

Markets, Commerce, Economy

Movement

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

circle, circular or rounded

bird's eye view

Keywords:

mercados, markets, criers, pregoneros, huellas, movimiento

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tianquiz(tli), market, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tianquiztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

el mercado, el tianguis

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 523v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=126&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).