Coxoli (MH716r)

Coxoli (MH716r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Coxoli (“Pheasant”), is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of what appears to be a feather fan. If the translation is correct, then the feathers come from a pheasant (coxolitli) or the fan of feathers was perceived to resemble a pheasant. The fan shows two horizontal elements and perhaps three feathers rising above these elements. The handle bifurcates below the horizontal element, creating a triangular shape.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This collection includes at least one other example of this type of device, possibly held in the hand while dancing.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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)
Music, Song, Dance
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

pájaros, plumas, feathers, nombres de hombres

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

coxoli(tli), pheasant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coxolitli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Faisan

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 716r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=510&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: 
"ll" for l
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Coxoli (MH579v)