tlaquilqui (TK204v)

tlaquilqui (TK204v)
Simplex Hieroglyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex Nahuatl hieroglyph would probably appear as tlaquilqui (a person who applies stucco) if it were glossed. We have named it based on its similarity to other tools associated with stucco and its application. The tool has a rectangular blade and a rounded handle. It is gray, fading to white at the top. The contextualizing image also shows how the stucco powder was carried to work wrapped in a cloth that was tied at the top.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This tool forms the basis for a placename, Tlaquilpan, in the Codex Mendoza and the Cempohuallan Relación Geográfica. It is also something like the mason’s plane. Examples of both appear below.

Side Note: The folio numbers are not always clear in the copy published online by the British Museum. Marc Thouvenot gives this page the number K02_B in his TLACHIA digital collection, https://tlachia.iib.unam.mx/tepetlaoztoc/K02_B.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

Encaladores

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Tepetlaoztoc, Codex (aka Kingsborough) (TK)

Date of Manuscript:

c. 1556

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Tepetlaoztoc, East of Lake Tetzcoco

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

gray

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

shading and parallel line hatching

Keywords:

cal, herramienta, herramientas, yeso, estuco, espátula, espátulas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlaquilqui, a person who applies stucco, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaquilqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

encalador

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

The Codex Kingsborough, also known as the Códice de Tepetlaoztoc, and the Memorial de los indios de Tepetlaoztoc, is not on display. It was transferred from the British Library and is now held by the British Museum. It is shared on line at: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Am2006-Drg-13964

Image Source, Rights:

©The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. Please also cite the <em>Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphsem>, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities Projects, 2020-present) and this URL.

Historical Contextualizing Image: