chiquiuhchiuhqui (MH486v)

chiquiuhchiuhqui (MH486v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the occupation of basket maker (chiquiuhchiuhqui) shows a rectangle with small diamonds that indicate a woven texture. It is like a herringbone weave, similar to the weave pattern of the woven mats (petlatl).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

chiquiuhchiuhq~

Gloss Normalization:

chiquiuhchiuhqui

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

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Occupations

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives:

Keywords:

baskets, cestas, cestos, canastas, canastos, chiquihuites, oficios, trabajo

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chiquiuhchiuhqui, basket maker, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiquiuhchiuhqui
chiquihui(tl), basket, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiquihuitl
chihua, to make or to do, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chihua
-qui, one who, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/qui-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Él Que Hace Cestos

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 486v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=52&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: