Cocoliloc (MH882r)

Cocoliloc (MH882r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cocoliloc (perhaps “He Was Hated”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a man in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. He has his right arm raised and his hand held upward at an angle. Three streams of tears fall down his visible cheek. His hair is spiky out the back of his head. The man is clearly unhappy, perhaps because as the gloss may suggest, “he was hated.”

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Other examples of the glyph Cocoliloc show men with their hair being pulled or with someone hitting them on the head with a stick. Another man lies down and someone seems to be hitting him with a macuahuitl (obsidian-studded blade). In addition, some glyphs for cocoliloc show perhaps a cane with a curling handle or perhaps a worm, but how those relate remains unclear.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

aol cocoliloc

Gloss Normalization: 

Alonso Cocoliloc

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Keywords: 

tristeza, lágrimas, llorar, ser odiado, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Él Fue Odiado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 882r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=836&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).

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