Chinancocol (MH775r)

Chinancocol (MH775r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Chinancocol (perhaps "Undulating Chinampa") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph may show a wavy or undulating (cocolihui) agricultural strip (chinamitl). Short vertical lines along the top of the undulating strip suggest plant growth, which helps identify that this is an agricultural element.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

juā. chinacocol.

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Chinacocol

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie 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:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising

Gender (male)

Landscape Features

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

dotted, granular, textured

wavy

Keywords:

agricultura, chinampas, surcos, paisaje, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chinancocol, a type of agricultural field, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chinancocol
chinam(itl), an agricultural strip or chinampa, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chinamitl
cocolihui, to have turns or curves, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolihui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Sementera Ondulada

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 775r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=624&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:

"ç" for z or tz

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: