Quetzon (MH638r)

Quetzon (MH638r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Quetzon ("Long Hair," attested here as a man's name), builds onto the head of the tribute payer, who appears in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. The hair on his head is the standard page-boy cut, but then a long, pointed lock is added at the back of his head, at the site where his neck would start.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Long hair tends to be associated with Nahua priests. See some examples below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

guetzō

Gloss Normalization: 

Quetzon

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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
pointed (see also spiky)
Keywords: 

hair, long, pelo, cabello, largo

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

quetzon(tli), hair long on the neck, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzontli
tzon(tli), hair, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cabello Largo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 638r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=358st=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: 
"g" for c, q, or x
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Quetzon (MH591r)

Quetzonpipique (MH567r)

Papaitl (MH522v)

cuacuilli (Mdz37r)

Quetzon (MH660r)

Quetzon (MH833v)