corona (Osu30v)

corona (Osu30v)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This iconographic example of a crown (corona, a loanword from Spanish) is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making comparisons. Nothing in the Spanish text on this page has described the upper seated man’s head gear as a crown, but this is nevertheless clear. The gloss tells us that this is the Doctor Vasco de Puga, an oidor (magistrate of the Audiencia or high court). In other images of him, even in this manuscript, he is not wearing a crown, so there is some doubt about its legitimacy here. But Nahua glyphs relating to their own high nobility do show men wearing crown-like diadems (see below for examples).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Nahuatl manuscripts mention two types of crowns using the loanword corona. They refer to the Christian crown of thorns and the royal crown. See our Online Nahuatl Dictionary for these attestations.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Señor vasco de puga oydor

Gloss Normalization: 

Señor Vasco de Puga, Oidor

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Osuna, Codex (Osu)
Date of Manuscript: 

1551–1565

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Furniture
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Metals, Minerals, Mining
Politics, Power, Governance
Religion (Christian)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
profile view
facing right
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

coronas, autoridades, oidores, gobierno colonial

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

corona, crown (a loanword from Spanish into Nahuatl), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/corona

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la corona

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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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

rey (Chav1)

Almoyahuacan (Chav8)

tecuhtli (MH749r)

tecuhtli (MH508r)

Motecuhzoma (TR41r)