Quetzalacxoyatl (MH693v)

Quetzalacxoyatl (MH693v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Quetzalacxoyatl (“Quetzal Feathers [with] Laurel Branches”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a quetzalli feather fan (bound at the base and with a handle) surrounded by laurel branches (acxoyatl). This may have had a dance/ritual purpose.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

For another quetzal feather fan and some examples of laurel branches, see below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

luys guetzalacxoyatl

Gloss Normalization:

Luis Quetzalacxoyatl

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)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Feathers

Gender (male)

Music, Song, Dance

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Religion (Indigenous)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives:

tied, bound, or bundled

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

outward (from inside out)

Keywords:

plumas, abanicos, plantas, laureles, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quetzal(li), quetzal feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Plumas de Quetzales [con] Ramos de Laurel

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 693v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=467&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:

"g" for c, q, or x

"ll" for l

"y" for i

Historical Contextualizing Image: