Cozcatlaneuh (MH659r)

Cozcatlaneuh (MH659r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cozcatlaneuh ("Borrowed Necklace") is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a frontal view of a circular necklace (cozcatl) with four evenly-spaced beads. The cord is tied at the back. There are no visual for the -tlaneuh (lent or borrowed) part to the name.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Necklaces are not gendered in Nahua culture. Both men and women could wear necklaces, although they may have been somewhat out of reach for most tribute payers.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

diego Cozcatlaneuh

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Cozcatlaneuh

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)

verb

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

bird's eye view

tied, bound, or bundled

Keywords:

collares, joyas, piedras, atar, tlaneuh, tlaneuhtli, prestar, prestada, préstamo, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cozca(tl), necklace, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cozcatl-0
tlanehui, to borrow something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlanehui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Collar Prestado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 659r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=398&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: