Quetzalayatl (MH513r)

Quetzalayatl (MH513r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Quetzalayatl (here, attested as a man's name) shows a frontal view of a rectangle cloth (ayatl) with knots in the upper right and left corners. The gathering of the fabric in the corners provides a three-dimensionality. Coming up from behind the cloth are three, slightly curvy, feathers. From the gloss we learn that these are quetzalli feathers.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The various cloaks, blankets, and cloths in this collection can be tracked and compared. A few are provided below.

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

a^ol guetzalayatl

Gloss Normalization:

Alonso Quetzalayatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Color names

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

tied, bound, or bundled

frontal view

three-dimensionality

Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

birds, feathers, pájaros, plumas, telas, fabrics, cloths

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quetzal(li), quetzal feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalli
aya(tl), a type of cloth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ayatl

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 513r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=105&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: