Quecholloni (MH489v)
This simplex glyph for the personal name Quecholloni is a black line drawing of a bird. The bird (quecholli, a bird with rich feathers, perhaps a roseate swan, is shown in profile, with wings raised and looking to the viewer's right. Its feathers are not textured or colored by the artist.
Stephanie Wood
The quecholli bird's feathers were an important element in indigenous religious ritual, and especially important in the 20-day "month" of Quecholli in the calendar. The context image shows that this is a man's name as he has been baptized, "Mateo." But he still retains his Nahua name.
Stephanie Wood
matheo quecholloni
Mateo Quecholloni
Stephanie Wood
1560
José Aguayo-Barragán
pájaros, plumas, rituales, meses, calendarios, nombres de hombres
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quechol(li), feathers or a bird with rich plumage and sweeping neck, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quecholli
-loni, that which is impacted by the preceding, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/loni
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 489r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=58&st=image
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