Colli (MH628v)

Colli (MH628v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Colli is attested here as a man's name. A colli is a bent, twisted, or curled thing. This glyph has something that looks like a cane, with the handle on the viewer's right. The lower tip of the cane rests on a diagonal object.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

franco,
colli

Gloss Normalization: 

Francisco Colli

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

curling, twisted, retorcido, rizado, nombres de hombres

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

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Una Cosa Retorcida

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 628v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=339st=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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

colli (MH520r)

colli (MH543r)

colli (MH571r)

Colicatl (MH580v)

Cocol (MH520v)