cozcatl (MH485v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This black-line drawing of the element for necklace (cozcatl) has been carved from the compound personal name Cozcacuauh. It is a curving string of round beads, loose at the ends.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
Syntax:
Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Xitlali Torres
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Keywords:
necklaces, collares, beads, sarta de cuentas
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
cozcatl, necklace, jewel, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cozcatl-0.
Additional Scholars' Interpretations:
El collar
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 484v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=45&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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