Huipilcoz (MH506v)

Huipilcoz (MH506v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Huipilcoz (here, attested as male). The glyph is a frontal view of a blouse (huipilli) that was usually hand woven by women on back-strap looms. It has a v-neck and a horizontal rectangle just below the v-neck, which reinforces that weak point in the blouse. This blouse has two vertical lines, one on each side of the central rectangle, and there is one horizontal line just above the bottom edge of the garment.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The second component of the name (-coz) may be short for coztic (yellow), which is not visible because this is a black and white drawing. While the huipilli is drawn here in the usual shape of a blouse as worn by women, see below for yellow warrior garments that were called cozohuipilli worn by men (from the Codex Mendoza).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

domīgo
huipilcoz

Gloss Normalization:

Domingo Huipilcoz

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

Keywords:

blouses, huipiles, tunics, túnicas, textiles, plumas, amarillo, colores

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

huipil(li), an indigenous woman’s blouse or shift, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huipilli
coztic, yellow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coztic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Huipil Amarillo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 506v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=92&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).

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