Cocoton (MH770r)

Cocoton (MH770r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cocoton ("Small Sacrificed Child") is attested here as a man's name. It shows what may be a boy's head with bangs only. His eyes are closed, which supports the reading that he is deceased, having been sacrificed. The head may be somewhat small, proportionally, which would support the -ton diminutive suffix. The Coco- part of the name is not shown visually.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

po cōcōthō

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Cocoton

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: 
diminutive (in gloss/text)
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Children, Childhood, Adolescence
Gender (male)
Gifts, Offerings, Sacrifice
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diminutive (visual)
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

niños, niñas, sacrificios humanos, ofrendas, religión indígena, ojos cerrados, nombres de hombres

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

coco(tl), sacrificed child, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocotl
-ton(tli), small, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tontli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Pequeño Niño Sacrificado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 770r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=614&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).

Orthography: 
"th" for t, d, or gd
intrusive overbar
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cocotl (MH632r)