Cocoliloc (MH727v)

Cocoliloc (MH727v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cocoliloc ("One Who is Hated") is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a hand-held, obsidian-blade-studded club right at the throat of a nearly nude man (wearing just a loincloth) in a prone position stomach facing downward. His head is up somewhat, and he looks toward the viewer’s left. The head is shown in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. The threatened person reaches with his left hand and arm toward the club, perhaps to try to block the blow.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This glyph is somewhat reminiscent of some of the glyphs for Cocol, where a man's hair is being pulled, suggesting a quarrel and perhaps also hatred. See below.

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:

Anatomy, human body parts

Body postures

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Nudity

War or Conflict

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing left

profile view

Keywords:

pegar, odiar, frases, macana, nombres de hombres, macuahuitl, maccuahuitl, macquahuitl

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cocolia, to detest or hate someone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolia
-lo-, passive tense, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/lo
cocoliloni, something abhorrent, loathsome, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocoliloni
cocol(li), anger, dispute, quarrel, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolli
-c, preterit tense singular suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/c-3

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Odiado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 727v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=533&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: