Tecocol (FCbk8f8v)

Tecocol (FCbk8f8v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This compound glyph for the personal name Tecocol (or Tecocoltzin, perhaps “He Who Hates or Scolds People”) has two elements. One is a vertical, wavy, dark gray shape that looks something like a serpent without a head or tail. This seems to be a phonetic indicator for cocoltic (bent or twisted) but meant to refer to cocolli (quarrel). The second element is a seemingly angry mouth, which seems to refer semantically to the scolding aspect of the name.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

In this digital collection (as of July 2025), there is one other glyph for the name Tecocol, and that one refers to a commoner/tribute payer from the area of Huexotzinco. Perhaps he was named for the more famous ruler. See that glyph below, which also has a twisted feature as a phonetic indicator.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tecocoltzin

Gloss Normalization: 

Tecocoltzin

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Florentine/Florentinus, Codex (FC)
Date of Manuscript: 

1577

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Politics, Power, Governance
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
brown
gray
purple (light)/lavender
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
facing right
profile view
wavy
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
undetermined as yet
Keywords: 

Texcoco, Tecocoltzin, Tecohcoltzin, Tecohcol, gobernante, gobernantes, gobernador, gobernadores, tlatoani, tlatoque, tlahtoani, tlahtohqueh, nombres famosos, nombres de hombres, riñar, odiar

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

Tecocol, a personal name, a ruler of Tetzcoco, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecocol
cocol(li), a quarrel, pain, something twisted, or the divine force of fire, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolli
col(li), something bent, twisted, or curling, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colli-1
coliuhqui, a twisted thing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coliuhqui
cocoloa, to go bending and twisting, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocoloa
cocolihui, to have turns and loops, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolihui
cocoltic, something twisted, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocoltic
cocolia, to detest or hate someone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolia

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

“El Que Aborrece o Riñe a la Gente” (Victor Castillo)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Available at Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 8: Kings and Lords", fol. 8v, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/8/folio/8v/images/7194ba8d-6af... Accessed 26 July 2025.

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tecocol (MH664r)