Tlaoxqui (MH679v)

Tlaoxqui (MH679v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or occupation of Tlaoxqui (“Maize Sheller”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a shucked corn cob with exposed, dried kernels. A right hand is holding the cob, as an indication that a person (the tlaoxqui, maize sheller) is performing the action of shelling. Five diamond-shaped kernels fall below the hand.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See below for examples of glyphs that feature tlaolli (dried corn kernels) that would presumably be used for making dough for tortillas and tamales. Also, the glyph for the personal name Xinach (“Seed”) shows a corn cob–presumably with dried kernels–for use as seed. So, dried maize has a role in agriculture and in cooking.

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: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Anatomy, human body parts
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
segmented
diamond shape(s)
profile view
frontal view
facing right
Keywords: 

maíz, desgranar, oficios, cocinar, comida, nombres de hombres

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

tlaoxqui, one who shells corn cobs or cacao pods, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaoxqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Desgranador de Maíz

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 679v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=439&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: 
"th" for t, d, or gd
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tlaolli (Mdz10v)

tlaolli (Mdz2v)

Xinach (MH775v)