Coacuech (Verg6v)

Coacuech (Verg6v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Coacuech ("Snake-Rattle," attested here as a man’s name) shows a bird's eye view of the rattler-tail of a snake or serpent. The rattle consist of three heart-shaped parts. Above the rattle is a hint of the body of the serpent.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The rattle has an implied sound. It also implies movement, when the snake is stirred enough to rattle its tail. But there are no indications of visual sound or visual movement in this glyph.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

damia. cohuacuech

Gloss Normalization: 

Damián Coacuech

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Vergara, Codex (Verg)
Date of Manuscript: 

1539

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Tepetlaoztoc, near Tetzcoco

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Sensory Perception
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
segmented
vertical, upright
tripartite
Keywords: 

rattles, serpientes, cascabeles

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

coacuech(tli), a snake's rattle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coacuechtli
coa(tl), snake, serpent, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatl
cuech(tli), a long shell, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuechtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cascabel de Víbora

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Vergara, folio 6v, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f20.item

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Ce Coatl (CQ)

Itzcoatl (TR29r)

Nahui Coatl (MH579v)

Coacuech (MH771r)

Coacuech (MH674r)