Quetzon (MH660r)

Quetzon (MH660r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Quetzon ("Long Hair") is attested here as a man’s name. It shows the head of a man in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. He has long hair that is tied into a long ponytail.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The start to this name, Que-, seems to come from quechtli, throat or neck, which is then combined with tzontli, hair. Long hair on men could be associated with semi-sedentary Chichimecs and warriors. Sometimes priests had long hair. For more information on hair length, see Justyna Olko, Insignias of Rank in the Nahua World (2014), 35.The lock of hair called a tzontli was often bound with a leather strap and it acted as a kind of ponytail or top knot at the top of the head. This hairstyle can be found on priests and warriors. A bundle of hair called a tzontli could also stand for the number 400. Glyphs for this number can also look like grass or have a tree shape. See some examples below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

adres. quetztzō

Gloss Normalization: 

Andrés 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)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
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 & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
tied, bound, or bundled
Keywords: 

hair, long, pelo, cabello, largo, quetzon, nombres de hombres

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 or head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli
quech(tli), throat or neck, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quechtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cabello Largo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 660r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=400&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: 
See Also: 

Quetzon (MH591r)

Quetzon (MH518v)

Quetzon (MH638r)

Quetzon (MH833v)

Quetzon (MH811r)

Temilo (MH513v)

Tlacatecatl (Mdz18r)

tzontli (TR21r)

centzontli (Mdz26r)