Quecholomi (Verg24r)

Quecholomi (Verg24r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Quecholomi (perhaps "Roseate Spoonbill Bone?") is attested here as pertaining to a man. It shows the head of a quecholli bird (Roseate Spoonbill) in profile, facing left, with a large group of small feathers hanging down from the neck.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

In most hieroglyphs for the Quecholomi or Quecholomitl, whether in this manuscript or in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco, 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:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

mīn.quecholomi.

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Martín Quecholomi

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Vergara, Codex (Verg)

Date of Manuscript:

1539

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

near Tepetlaoztoc, near Tetzcoco

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals: Birds

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing left

profile view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

pájaro, pájaros, pluma, plumas rojas, hueso, huesos, rojo

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quechol(li), a red bird, also the name of a month of 20 days, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quecholli
omi(tl), bone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/omitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

(un nombre que tiene algo que ver con la Espátula Rosada)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Available at Codex Vergara, folio 24r, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f55.item.zoom, accessed 22 February 2026. The Vergara is associated with Tepetlaoztoc, in the larger region of Tetzcoco, c. 1539–1543.

Image Source, Rights:

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