cochtoc (MH581v)

cochtoc (MH581v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element cochtoc (lies sleeping) doubles as the personal name glyph, Tlacacochtoc (see below).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

cochtoc, to lie sleeping, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cochtoc

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 581v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=242&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: 

Tlacacochtoc (MH581v)