Tepozcocolli (MH674v)

Tepozcocolli (MH674v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tepozcocol (“Curvy Metal Object” or “Metal Hook”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows an ax or hatchet with a copper (tepoztli) blade tied to a piece of wood. What is unusual is that the handle of the hatchet is especially curvy (hence the reduplication of the -co- syllable, which is also found in the gloss).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The visuals for this glyph may be a phonetic indicator for a hook (tepozcolli) rather than truly intending an ax or hatchet with a wavy handle.

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

phonetic possibilities

Syntax:

noun(s)

reduplication (in gloss/text)

reduplication (visual)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Metals, Minerals, Mining

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Wood, wooden things

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

wavy

curving, curvy, curved

profile view

facing right

Keywords:

metales, cobre, ganchos, hachas, retorcido, madera, nombre de hombre

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tepozcol(li), a metal hook or twisted metal object, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepozcolli
cocoltic, something twisted, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocoltic
cocol(li), a quarrel, the divine force of fire, or something twisted (such as bread), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Gancho de Metal, o Hacha con Mango Retorcido

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 674v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=429&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: