Quecholomi (MH751r)

Quecholomi (MH751r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

Descrip: This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Quecholomitl (perhaps "Roseate Spoonbill Bone") is attested here as pertaining to a man. It shows an upright feather with a calamus and downy barbs toward the lower end.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

In most hieroglyphs for the Quecholomi (also spelled Quecholomitl), whether in this manuscript or in the Vergara Codex, the visuals are about feathers rather than bones, which leaves the interpretation that includes a bone or bones open to question.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text 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:

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

vertical, upright

Keywords:

pájaros, plumas, color rojo o rosa, huesos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quecholomi(tl), bone(s) of the quechol bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quecholomitl
quechol(li), a month name and a bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quecholli
omi(tl), bones, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/omitl
xiuhpohual(li), yearly account, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xiuhpohualli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Huesos de un Pájaro Con Plumas Rosadas

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 751r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=580&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

"t" for d

Historical Contextualizing Image: