quetzalli (Mdz43r)

quetzalli (Mdz43r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This example of iconography shows a bundle of two-tone, upright, green quetzal feathers. The white cord tied around them is knotted in front. The bottoms of the feathers are white.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Below is a glyph showing a quetzal feather that is being released from the binding.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

quetzale

Gloss Normalization:

quetzalli or quetzal

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)

Date of Manuscript:

c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Feathers

Rope, cord

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stepbanie Wood

Colors:

green (dark)

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

tied, bound, or bundled

vertical, upright

Keywords:

quetzales, quetzal feathers, plumas, atados, tied

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:

quetzales (plumas)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 43 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 96 of 188.

Image Source, Rights:

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)