cozohuipilli (Mdz49r)

cozohuipilli (Mdz49r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

We provide this example of iconography from the tributes pages of the Codex Mendoza for making comparisons with the cozohuipilli examples that are elements of hieroglyphs. The gloss underlines that the garment is made of feathers.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

una pieça di armas di plumas rricas

Gloss Normalization: 

una pieza de armas de plumas ricas

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Feathers
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
War or Conflict
Colors: 
green (dark)
red
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Keywords: 

feathers, plumas

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

cozohuipil(li), yellow parrot feather tunic, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cozohuipilli
cozo(tl), a yellow parrot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cozotl
huipil(li), a blouse or tunic, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huipilli

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 49 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 108 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)