Quetzalpoyoma (MH827r)

Quetzalpoyoma (MH827r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Quetzalpoyoma (“Quetzal Feather-Rose” or Quetzal Feather-Hallucinogenic Flower”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a flower with eight petals and a round center. The petals have upside-down U-shapes inside them. To the right of the flower are two horizontal quetzal feathers (quetzalli). These have dark hatching on the lower halves, which may intend shading.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

One other example of a Quetzalpoyoma name glyph appears below. It is unclear whether the flowers called poyoma and poyon are just flowers or perhaps they have a hallucinogenic quality. The glyph for Poyon that appears on folio 679r might suggest a hallucinogenic vision, but this is just speculation.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o quetzalpoyoma

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Quetzalpoyoma

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

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

Flowers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

horizontal

U-shapes (any direction)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

right to left

Keywords:

flores, plumas, quetzales

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quetzalli, quetzal feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalli
poyoma(tl), a flower like the rose, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/poyomatl
poyomah(tli), a narcotic, a hallucinogen, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/poyomahtli
poyon, a narcotic, a hallucinogen, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/poyon

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Quetzal-Flor, o Quetzal-Flor Alucinógena

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 827r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=728&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).

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