Coyolmaquiz (MH704v)

Coyolmaquiz (MH704v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Coyolmaquiz (perhaps “Bell Bracelet” or “Bell Arm Band”) is attested here as a woman’s name. The glyph shows an upright bell with a loop at the top for attaching to clothing. The bell has four horizontal lines across its middle with a row of dots above and below these lines. The bottom of the bell has a slot for the sound to escape. The clapper is not shown. Below the bell is a hand (maitl), which serves as a phonetic indicator for the -maquiz element of the name.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

A maquiztli can be a metaphor for a baby, as seen in an example from the Florentine Codex that appears in our Online Nahuatl Dictionary. This is our first example of maquiztli in this collection, with nearly 6,000 records (December 2024). We do have a number of examples of the macuextli (beaded bracelet).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

maria cōyolmaquiz

Gloss Normalization: 

María Coyolmaquiz

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

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Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

campanillas, campanas, campanas, pinjantes, pulseras, brazaletes, nombres de mujeres

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

maquiz(tli), a bracelet, a bangle, a wrist or armband, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maquiztli
coyol(li), a bell, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coyolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Brazalete de Campanillas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 704v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=487&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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