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

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:

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: