Quetzalpain (MH748v) | Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs

Quetzalpain (MH748v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Quetzalpain (perhaps “Quetzal Feather Runner”).

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:

Syntax:

visual plural (multiples of objects)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Footprint(s), human

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

bird's eye view

vertical, upright

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

Keywords:

quetzales, plumas, huellas, footprints, pasos, steps, icximachiyotl, xocpalli, icxipamitl, correr, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quetzal(li), quetzal feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalli
paina, to run, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/paina

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

(posiblemente) Corredor de las Plumas Quetzales

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 748v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=573&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:

See Also:

Quetzallamel (MH524v)

Quetzalmacan (Mdz28r)