Quetzalpactoc (MH487v)
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.
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"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.
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alonso quetzalpactoc
Alonso Quetzalpactoc
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1560
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feathers, plumas, quetzales, nombres de hombres
quetzal(li), quetzal feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalli
pactoc, healthy, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pactoc
Plumas Sanas de Quetzal
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Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 487v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=53&st=image.
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