cozcatl (MH485v)

cozcatl (MH485v)
Element from a Compound

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: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Xitlali Torres

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
horizontal
Keywords: 

necklaces, collares, beads, sarta de cuentas

Museum & Rare Book Comparisons: 
Museum/Rare Book Notes: 

For comparison, this detail of a necklace from the Florentine Codex (Book 8, f. 50v) shows a cozcatl with a red cord (perhaps a leather thong?) with alternating blue and green stones. See the Digital Florentine Codex (Getty Research Institute), https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/book/8/folio/50v/images/aeabee3d-1ce7-....

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).

See Also: 

Cozcatlaneuh (MH659r)

cozcatl (MH484r)

cozcatl (FCbk2f89v)