Zoquitzinco (Mdz33r)

Zoquitzinco (Mdz33r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

The compound glyph for the place name Zoquitzinco combines the glyph for clay or mud (zoquitl) with the locative suffix -tzinco (phonetically represented by the buttocks, tzintli). The clay or mud is shown as a black or dark gray cloud with scalloped edges. The buttocks is a part of the lower half of a male body in profile, facing toward the viewer's right, almost diving into the mud. The skin has a terracotta color, and the belt of the loincloth is white.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The -co locative ("at") is added onto -tzin- ("little" or "lower" when referring to a place name), so it is not presented visually on its own. The locative -tzinco is what Gordon Whittaker calls a "secondary logogram."

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

çoquitzinco. pu^o

Gloss Normalization:

Zoquitzinco, pueblo

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)

Date of Manuscript:

c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Semantic Categories:

phonetic dimensions

place name

Syntax:

locative (visual not silent)

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

gray

orange/terracotta

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

facing right

profile view

scalloped edges

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

right to left

Keywords:

mud, clay, pottery, ceramics, butts, buttocks, rear end, nalgas, barro, arcilla, cerámica, glúteos, traseros

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

zoqui(tl), clay, mud, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zoquitl
tzin(tli), buttocks), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzintli
-tzinco (diminutive locative), at the little or lower, or new (place name), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzinco
-co (locative suffix), at, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/co

Karttunen’s Interpretation:

"New Zoquitlan" [Frances Karttunen, unpublished manuscript, used here with her permission.]

Additional Scholars' Interpretations:

"On the Little Clay" (Berdan and Anawalt, 1992, vol. 1, p. )

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

"Nuevo Zoquitlan"

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Frances Karttunen

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 33 recto, https://codicemendoza.inah.gob.mx/inicio.php?lang=english

Image Source, Rights:

The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).