Quetzalmimilolcatl (MH759r)

Quetzalmimilolcatl (MH759r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Quetzalmimilolcatl is attested here as a man's name. It may refer to a person from a town or neighborhood called Quetzalmimilolco. The glyph shows a frontal view of a ring of vertical quetzal feathers (quetzalli). The noun tlamimilolli suggests something tipped up, which may refer to the fact that these feathers are standing up.

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)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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:

circle, circular or rounded

frontal view

Keywords:

quetzales, plumas, rodar, etnicidades, pueblos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quetzal(li), quetzal feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalli
tlamimilol(li), a mound, something turned over or tipped up, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlamimilolli
mimiloa, to roll or roll over, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mimiloa
mimilolo, to be rolled over or surrounded(?), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mimiloa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

(una persona de Quetzalmimilolco)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 759r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=596&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: