Quetzaliz (MH882r)

Quetzaliz (MH882r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Quetzaliz (“Emerald”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows three vertical, wavy quetzal feathers (quetzalli). Below them is a human eye in a frontal view. The eye is wide open. The eye (ixtli) is a homophonic indicator for the -iz ending on the name.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

luys.q~tzalis

Gloss Normalization:

Luis Quetzaliz

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

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

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

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

wavy

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

quetzales, plumas, ojos, esmeraldas, piedras preciosas, piedras verdes, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quetzaliz(tli), emerald, greenstone, any precious stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzaliztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Esmeralda

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 882r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=836&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:

"s" for z

"y" for i

Historical Contextualizing Image: