Xiuhtlachiuhqui (MH828r)

Xiuhtlachiuhqui (MH828r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or occupation, Xiuhtlachiuhqui (“Turquoise [Mosaic] Maker”) is attested here as pertaining to a man. The glyph shows seven diamond-shaped turquoise (xihuitl) tesserae falling from someone’s left hand.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The valuable commodity of turquoise was obtained through trade from what is now the U.S. Southwest and adjacent areas of northern Mexico. According to Eduardo Williams (Pots, Pans, and People, 2024, 289), over a million pieces of turquoise have been found in archaeological sites in Mesoamerica. See below for a few examples of glyphs showing mosaics and the tesserae from which they were made.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

bartasal xiuhtlachiuhq~

Gloss Normalization:

Baltazar Xiuhtlachiuhqui

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:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Turquoise or Jade

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

diamond shape(s)

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

turquesa, teselas, manos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xihu(itl), turquoise, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Fabricante de Turquesa [Teselas]

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 828r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=730&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:

"l" for r

"r" for l

"s" for z

Historical Contextualizing Image: