Quetzalpetla (MH633r)

Quetzalpetla (MH633r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Quetzalpetla ("Quetzal Feather-Woven Mat") is attested here as a woman's name. It shows a horizontal rectangular woven mat (petate in Spanish, petlatl in Nahuatl) at a slight angle, dipping to the right. On the right end of the mat is a cluster of five wavy feathers, surely quetzalli.

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully phonographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Feathers

Gender (female)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

right to left

Keywords:

viudas, nombres de personas, nombres de mujeres, plumas, petates, quetzales

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quetzal(li), quetzal bird feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalli
petla(tl), woven mat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/petlatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Quetzal-Petate

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 633r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=348&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: