Quetzalmitl (MH817r)

Quetzalmitl (MH817r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Quetzalmitl (“Quetzal Feather Arrow”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a large feather at an angle, crossing with a nearly horizontal arrow, which is pointing to the viewer’s left.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Many glyphs in this collection combine a quetzal feather with another object. Some examples appear below.

Added Analysis, 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:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Feathers

Gender (male)

Hunting and Fishing

Names (personal and/or theonym)

War or Conflict

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

pointed (see also spiky)

diagonal or angled

horizontal

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

left to right

Keywords:

flechas, plumas, quetzales, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quetzal(li), quetzal feather, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalli
mi(tl), arrow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Quetzal-Flecha

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 817r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=708&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

Historical Contextualizing Image: