tlaxinqui (MH775v)

tlaxinqui (MH775v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the tlaxinqui ("carpenter") occupation shows an axe, suggesting the cutting of wood. This axe has a curved handle and a red triangular blade facing to the reader's left. The blade appears to be tied onto the handle.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

tlaxiqui

Gloss Normalization:

tlaxinqui

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Metals, Minerals, Mining

Occupations

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Wood, wooden things

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

facing left

profile view

tied, bound, or bundled

triangular

Keywords:

carpinteros, herramientas, metales, madera, oficios, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlaxinqui, carpenter or woodcutter, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaxinqui
xima, to shave or cut, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xima

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

carpintero

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 775v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=625&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: