Tianquiztenco (MH815v)

Tianquiztenco (MH815v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the place name Tianquiztenco ("At the Edge of the Market"). The glyph shows two concentric circles that form a border. The outer line is thicker than the inner line. This circular market (tianquiztli) space is filled with at least seven footprints, all in a bird’s eye view. These seem to be a semantic representation of the people and movements that are characteristic of a marketplace. At the center of the circle is a shape that is reminiscent of a small building, along with three short vertical lines to the left and perhaps two volutes below and to the right of the building shape. These signs have yet to be deciphered.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Compare this glyph to other glyphs below. It is fairly common to see the outer edge of a market divided (perhaps into stalls or individual spaces for vendors). Six to sixteen footprints fill the center of these other markets.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

place name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Footprint(s), human

Markets, Commerce, Economy

Names (places)

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

segmented

circle, circular or rounded

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

bird's eye view

Keywords:

mercados, pueblos, barrios, nombres de lugares

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tianquiz(tli), market, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tianquiztli
-tenco, at the edge, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tenco

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

En la Orilla del Tianguis

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 815v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=705&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:

"g" for c, q, or x

Historical Contextualizing Image: