Quetzaltzon (MH828r)

Quetzaltzon (MH828r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Quetzaltzon (“Quetzal-Hair” or “Quetzal-Head”) is attested here as a man’s name.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This Quetzaltzon is a ceramic worker, as the contextualizing image shows. This image also shows how the gloss was altered at some point, with the first name being crossed out and re-written. Various glyphs (see below, for examples) have a similar construction to this one, playing on the theme of something-hair or something-head. But this one may involve a feathered headdress, which is a common feature of elite Mesoamericans’ regalia and something they inherited from their Chichimec ancestors.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

cochiuh bartasal quetzaltzo

Gloss Normalization:

conchiuh, Baltazar Quetzaltzon

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:

Anatomy, human body parts

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

cabezas, plumas, quetzales, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quetzal(li), quetzal feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalli
tzon(tli), hair or head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Quetzal-Cabello, or Quetzal-Cabeza

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 828r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=730&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).

Orthography:

Historical Contextualizing Image: