tlaquilqui (Osu15r)
We are classifying the glyph as “iconography” here and not “simplex glyph,” because we do not have a gloss that actually identifies this glyph as a tlaquilqui (tool for spreading plaster or stucco). We have supplied this term based on the fact that this term does stand for the job of using a lime-based plaster to cover buildings and patios, and the gloss for this glyph is encaladores (Spanish for stucco workers). These workers are in a list of various kinds of laborers, such as carpenters, who are also identified by their wood-cutting tool. The glyph here, like there, shows the very tool involved, which doubles for the occupation. Two glyphs shown below show other examples of this same stuccoing tool, which is a horizontal rectangle with a rounded handle at the top.
Stephanie Wood
1551–1565
Jeff Haskett-Wood
encaladores, yeso, estuco, cal
![](https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/tlaquilquiOSU15rICONnoun.png?itok=cXsaSAJO)
tlaquil(li), stucco (noun) or to stucco (verb), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaquilli
tlaquil(qui), spatula for applying stucco, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaquilqui
el encalador
Stephanie Wood
Library of Congress Online Catalog and the World Digital Library, Osuna Codex, or Painting of the Governor, Mayors, and Rulers of Mexico (Pintura del Gobernador, Alcaldes y Regidores de México), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_07324/. The original is located in the Biblioteca Nacional de España.
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