Elcoz (MH725r)

Elcoz (MH725r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Elcoz (perhaps “Yellow-Chested”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a human being in profile, facing toward the viewer’s left. The person is unclothed and crouching. The legs are small and bent. The right arm is bent at the elbow, with the forearm extending forward.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Apparently, the reference to organs in the abdomen suggest something about the chest. A yellow chest or breast recalls a bird, but this is a human, which is intriguing. Perhaps the person would wear yellow feathers on his chest.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
adjective
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Body postures
Color names
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Nudity
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

amarillo, pecho, nombres de hombres

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

elcoztic, yellow-chested, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/elcoztic
el(li), liver and gall bladder, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/elli
coztic, yellow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coztic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Con el Pecho Amarillo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 725r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=528&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).

Orthography: 
intrusive "h" or "hu"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

coztic (Mdz23r)

Cocoztic (MH518v)