Quetzalpactoc (MH487v)

Quetzalpactoc (MH487v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Quetzalpactoc (here, attested as a man’s name) shows a group of four feathers (quetzalli) in a vertical position. They curve slightly to the left. The gloss suggests that these are healthy (pactoc) feathers, but this does not necessarily appear to be expressed visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

"Healthy Quetzal Feathers" would appear to be the meaning of the name. Quetzalli were especially valuable feathers that traveled to central Mexico from a considerable distance. Perhaps "healthy" feathers were ones that had not gotten damaged in transit.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

alonso quetzalpactoc

Gloss Normalization:

Alonso Quetzalpactoc

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

adjective

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Feathers

Gender (male)

Health, Medicine

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

pointed (see also spiky)

spiky

vertical, upright

Keywords:

feathers, plumas, quetzales

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quetzal(li), quetzal feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalli
pactoc, healthy, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pactoc

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Plumas Sanas de Quetzal

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 487v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=53&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: