Cocol (MH602r)

Cocol (MH602r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cocol (perhaps "Quarrel," "Pain," or "Twisted") is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a human hand grasping the hair of another man, which could be part of a quarrel or dispute. Alternatively, the hand may be taking the man into custody, suggesting the other meaning of cocol. Finally, a third option is that this name Cocol is short for Cocoliloc, "Hated." See the dictionary entries.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

To pull or cut someone's hair in Nahua culture was a grave insult and cause of intense emotion. Sonya Lipsett-Rivera writes about the ritual humiliation of hair pulling in Religion in New Spain, eds. Susan Schroeder and Stafford Poole (2007), 79.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

antoni cocol

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Cocol

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
reduplication (in gloss/text)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Emotions
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Hair pulling
Names (personal and/or theonym)
War or Conflict
Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

anger, riña, enojo, ira, pelea, nombres de hombres

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

cocol(li), a quarrel, pain, something twisted, or the divine force of fire, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolli
cocol, to be entrusted to another person, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocol
cocolia, to detest or hate someone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolia

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Pelea, Dolor, Retorcido, Riña, o Enojo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 602r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=283&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cocol (MH608v)

Motlahueli (MH504v)

Cocol (MH515v)

Cocol (MH520v)

cocolli (Mdz37r)

Cocoliloc (MH660v)

Cocol (MH834r)

Malcahual (MH783v)

Malcahuitl (MH785r)

icali (TR34v)

Otonmani (MH560r)

Mexicamani (MH871r)

Cocol (MH885r)