zoquichiuhqui (MH504r)

zoquichiuhqui (MH504r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph for the occupation of potter, which is zoquichiuhqui in the Vocabulario of Alonso de Molina, provides a frontal view of a tall upright ceramic pot with handles only at the flared mouth and some lines on the body of the pot that suggest three-dimensionality.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Ceramics, Pottery

Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils

Occupations

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

curving, curvy, curved

frontal view

three-dimensionality

Keywords:

pottery, ceramics, cerámica, barro, mud, clay, arcilla

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

zoqui(tl), mud, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zoquitl
-chiuhqui, one who makes this thing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiuhqui-0
zoquichiuhqui, a potter, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zoquichiuhqui

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 504r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=87&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: