tepozmecatl (Osu6r)

tepozmecatl (Osu6r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This painted example of iconography features a chain, which has no gloss, but we are labelling it a tepozmecatl based on the definition of this noun and the example below of the simplex hieroglyph of the personal name Tepozmeca. In this example above, the chain is painted blue which, in other cases, might seem to refer to silver. But, in this context (wrapped around the ankles of a prisoner), it is more likely iron. The prisoner is not named, but he is dressed as a Spaniard.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

An Advanced Search for glyph names that start with tepoz-, one will find hatchets, spurs, locks, and various tools. One of the more unusual examples is someone’s metal skirt, Tepoz Icue.

Added 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:

Crime, Punishment

Metals, Minerals, Mining

Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Othering

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Regalia

Tributes, Taxation, Service

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

blue (turquoise)

Keywords:

cadenas, metales, fierro, cobre, plata, cárcel, español, españoles, corte

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tepozmeca(tl), a chain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepozmecatl
tepoz(tli), metal, often copper or iron, or a metal object, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepoztli
meca(tl), cord or rope, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

la cadena

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, 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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