Cocol (MH885r)

Cocol (MH885r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cocol is attested here as a man’s name. This Cocol glyph shows a vertical, curving, three-dimensional shape in the foreground, with rounded objects peeking out from behind the curves. This name has various visual representations in this digital collection, and it requires further study before settling upon a satisfactory translation. See the dictionary entries. The visual variation may mean that some glyphs represent one translation of cocol- and some represent a different one. Some could be literal, and some may be phonetic indicators.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See several examples of the name Cocol, below. Some show something curvy or twisting and some show an aggression that may relate to quarrels or hate.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

po. cocol

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Cocol

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
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
curving, curvy, curved
shading and parallel line hatching
three-dimensionality
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

líos, disputas, peleas, curvas, retorcido, 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
col(li), something bent, twisted, or curling, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colli-1
cocolihui, to have turns and loops, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolihui
cocoltic, something twisted, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocoltic
cocolia, to detest or hate someone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolia
col(li), something bent, twisted, curling, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colli-1

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 885r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=842&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 (MH515v)

Cocol (MH501r)

Cocol (MH763v)

Cocol (MH602r)

Cocol (MH608v)