cozcatl (Mdz55r)

cozcatl (Mdz55r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This colorful element from a compound shows a circular necklace of six precious greenstone beads with a red (perhaps leather) string and tie.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
green (dark)
red
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
tied, bound, or bundled
Keywords: 

jade, cuentas, verde, rojo, atado

Museum & Rare Book Comparisons: 
Museum/Rare Book Notes: 

cozcatl. This greenstone necklace was found in Ofrenda 107 at the Templo Mayor at the foot of its north side, which was dedicated to Tlaloc. This is one or three necklaces of this type found in the offering. Photograph by Stephanie Wood, Museo del Templo Mayor, 15 February 2023. Comment by Robert Haskett.

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

cozca(tl), necklace, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/cozcatl-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el collar

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 55 recto, https://codicemendoza.inah.gob.mx/inicio.php?lang=english

Image Source, Rights: 

The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).

See Also: 

Cozcatecuhtlan (Mdz55r)