Coyolcue (MH885v)

Coyolcue (MH885v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Coyolcue ("Jingle Skirt") is attested here as a woman's name. The skirt (cueitl) is a rectangle with a border at the bottom and a mesh pattern on the fabric. In the middle o the skirt there may be two bells (coyolli), and there are definitely three bells (updside-down) above the skirt.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Indigenous women of communities located in what is now the United States still today participate in dances at Powwows, wearing jingle skirts and jingle dresses.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

maria coyolcue

Gloss Normalization: 

María Coyolcue

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
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (female)
Metals, Minerals, Mining
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
frontal view
rectangular
Keywords: 

faldas, cascabeles, nombres de mujeres

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

coyol(li), a small bell, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coyolli
cue(itl), skirt, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cueitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Falda Tintineante

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 885v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=843&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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