colli (MH543r)

colli (MH543r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element representing the noun colli comes from the compound glyph for the name Tencol. A colli is a bent, twisted, or curled thing. This curled object appears at an angle, with the curl up high and curling under.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
diagonal or angled
facing right
profile view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Keywords: 

curling, twisted, retorcido, rizado

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

col(li), bent, twisted, or curled thing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colli-1

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 543r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=165&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).

See Also: 

Tencol (MH543r)

colli (MH520r)

Colli (MH628v)