Quetzaltequi (MH625r)

Quetzaltequi (MH625r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound personal name Quetzaltequi (perhaps "One Who Cuts Quetzal Feathers") is attested here as a man's name. It shows two vertical, wavy, quetzal feathers. They have short black lines on the edges that make them look wispy. At the base of the feathers is a diagonal obsidian blade that may be in the act of cutting (tequi) the feathers.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Juseph
q~tzalteq~

Gloss Normalization:

José Quetzaltequi

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)

verb

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Feathers

Gender (male)

Labor Issues

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Tributes, Taxation, Service

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

feathers, plumas, quetzales, cortar, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quetzal(li), quetzal feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalli
tequi, to cut, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tequi
tequi(tl), work or tribute labor, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tequitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Plumas Cortadas de Quetzal

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 625r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=332&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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