acolli (MH501v)

acolli (MH501v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element meaning "shoulder" (acolli) or "a bend" (colli) shows a full arm, without much particular attention to the shoulder. This arm has quite a bit of shading, which creates a three-dimensionality.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Earlier glyphs for shoulder have a bone protruding from the shoulder, which does draw some attention to it. But here, the "bend" in the landscape--to which acolli or colli can refer--appears to be represented better by the elbow. The added shading shows European stylistic influence.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bent
facing right
profile view
shading and parallel line hatching
three-dimensionality
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

shoulders, hombros, bent, torcido

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

acol(li), shoulder, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acolli
col(li), something bent, a bend, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colli-1
coltic, curved, bent, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coltic

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 501v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=82&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).

See Also: 

Acolhuacan (MH501v)

acolli (Mdz5v)

acolli (Mdz3v)