Chicol (MH652r)

Chicol (MH652r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Chicol is attested here as a man's name. The glyph consists of two human legs, which appear to be walking toward the viewer's right. The feet are bare. The leg on the left is somewhat crooked (chico) or a bent thing (colli). These could therefore be both semantic and phonetic indicators for what seems to represent a disability.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

bazthoe chical

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
adjective
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Disabilities
Gender (male)
Health, Medicine
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: 

piernas torcidas, discapacitados, nombres de hombres

Museum & Rare Book Comparisons: 
Museum/Rare Book Notes: 

“Patas Cuecas,” this contemporary work of art by Sofía González, emphasizes crooked legs and feet. On display in the Secretaría de Educación Pública, Mexico City. Photo by S. Wood, 7 May 2025.

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

chico, crooked,https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chico
col(li), a bent or twisted thing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colli-1
macocoltzin, someone with twisted hands, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/macocoltzin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Piernas Torcidas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 652r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=386&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: 

Xonecuil (MH508r)

zannennenqui (Mdz70r)

Tlacatoncatl (MH641v)