cozolli (Mdz57r)

cozolli (Mdz57r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This example of iconography shows a baby's cradle, which we are labeling cozolli (sometimes also spelled conzolli), despite the lack of a gloss in Nahuatl to identify the name of the object. The cradle appears to be made of wood. It seems to be an open box with two hoops over the baby that lies inside the box. The larger hoop protests the baby's head. Another hoop is located near the feet. The seams of the box have black spots here and there that have the appearance of being some kind of hardware.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

cuna con criatura [i.e., bebé]

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Children, Childhood, Adolescence
Family, Kinship, even Friendship
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black
tan
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
right angle(s)
rectangular
curving, curvy, curved
Keywords: 

cradle, cuna de niños

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

cozol(li), cradle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cozolli

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 57 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 124 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)

See Also: 

Motli (MH813v)