Quennel (MH671r)

Quennel (MH671r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Quennel (“What Is To Be Done?”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a man in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. He appears to have facial hair on his cheek, although this could be tears.

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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Emotions
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
profile view
facing right
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

quennel, what is to be done?, also a person’s name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quennel

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

¿Qué Se Debe Hacer?

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 671r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=422&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).

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