Teocuitlachiuhqui (MH687v)

Teocuitlachiuhqui (MH687v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or occupation Teocuitlachiuhqui (perhaps “Gold Maker,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a hand in profile, facing right. The hand (perhaps representative of the work of making something, chihua, to make) is cupping an empty circle. Perhaps this circle represents a gold (teocuitlatl) coin.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Another glyph for the name or occupation of Teocuitlachiuhqui, below, shows a hand with a stack of what may be coins or a pile of excrement (cuitlatl) playing a phonetic role.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

diego teocuitlachiuhq

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Teocuitlachiuhqui

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood & Jeff Haskett-Wood

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:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Metals, Minerals, Mining

Money, Coins, Prices

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

dinero, oro, monedas, dinero, oficios, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

teocuitla(tl), gold, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teocuitlatl
-chiuhqui, maker, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiuhqui-0
chihua, to make, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chihua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Fabricante de Oro

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 687v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=455&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: