tlaxinqui (Osu15r)

tlaxinqui (Osu15r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

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 tlaxinqui (carpenter). We have supplied this term based on the fact that this term does stand for carpenter and the gloss for this glyph is (carpinteros, Spanish for carpenters). The glyph shows a tool used for chopping and shaping wood. Several glyphs below show other examples where the tool is read as the occupation, tlaxinqui.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Other possible terms in Nahuatl (from our Online Nahuatl Dictionary) that are the equivalent of “carpintero” (Spanish for carpenter) are: cuauhxinqui and cuauhtlachichiuhqui.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Osuna, Codex (Osu)

Date of Manuscript:

1551–1565

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Metals, Minerals, Mining

Occupations

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Wood, wooden things

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

carpinteros, trabajo, herramientas, cortar madera, construir, arquitectura

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlaxinqui, carpenter, woodcutter, axe-weilder, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaxinqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

el carpintero

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

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.

Image Source, Rights:

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