Cozcatlaneuh (MH659r)

Cozcatlaneuh (MH659r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cozcatlaneuh ("Borrowed Necklace") is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a frontal view of a circular necklace (cozcatl) with four evenly-spaced beads. The cord is tied at the back. There are no visual for the -tlaneuh (lent or borrowed) part to the name.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Necklaces are not gendered in Nahua culture. Both men and women could wear necklaces, although they may have been somewhat out of reach for most tribute payers.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

diego Cozcatlaneuh

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Cozcatlaneuh

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)

verb

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

bird's eye view

circle, circular or rounded

tied, bound, or bundled

Keywords:

collares, joyas, piedras, atar, tlaneuh, tlaneuhtli, prestar, prestada, préstamo, nombres de hombres

Museum & Rare Book Comparisons:

Museum/Rare Book Notes:

These beads are located in the Regional Museum of Guadalajara. The strings are not the originals. Presumably these strands represent chalchihuitl (green) and xihuitl (turquoise), but the distinction between blue and green is not always hard and fast. (Photo by Stephanie Wood, 4 February 2025.)

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cozca(tl), necklace, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cozcatl-0
tlanehui, to borrow something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlanehui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Collar Prestado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 659r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=398&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: