cococ (Verg6v)

cococ (Verg6v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element cococ (hot red peppers) has been carved from the compound glyph Cihuatzincocol. In that compound, the pepper served as a phonetic indicator and near homophone for -cocol-, part of the name. But here it is a simplex logogram.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1539

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Tepetlaoztoc, near Tetzcoco

Semantic Categories: 
homophony, rebus
Syntax: 
noun(s)
reduplication (in gloss/text)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Names (men's, but w/ female dimension)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
horizontal
profile view
Keywords: 

chile pepper, chiles, spicy, hot, picante

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

cococ, hot peppers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cococ

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: 

Cihuaitzincocol (Verg6v)

Cococ (MH498v)