Quelo (MH897v)

Quelo (MH897v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Quelo (perhaps “He Made Fun of Someone”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a man in profile, facing right. His visible arm is raised, elbow slightly bent, hand approaching the space in front of his face. The man’s visible leg has a very indistinct or mangled foot. He has some kind of waist band, not the usual white band of the loin cloth, but a black band. He wears nothing else, making him appear somewhat vulnerable.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Some glyphs that contain naked or nearly nude bodies–something like this one–also have names that suggest something is outside the norm. Perhaps the glyph intends to show the kind of person that others might mock. The contextualizing image (with the footprints) tells the viewer that this man has run away.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

balthasal quellō

Gloss Normalization:

Baltazar Quelo

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

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)

phrase or sentence

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Footprint(s), human

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Nudity

Personality, Behavior

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

burlarse de alguien, desnudez, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

queloa, to make fun of someone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/queloa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Se Burló de Alguien

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 897v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=867&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:

Historical Contextualizing Image: