Quilaz (MH633v)

Quilaz (MH633v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Quilaz (from Quilaztli, the name of a divine force or an edible herb) is attested here as a woman's name. The glyph shows a group of herbs (quilaztli) at an angle, leaning toward the viewer's left. Extending somewhat above and to the right from the plant stems is a flow of water with a few spurts ending with droplets and/or shells. The water also shows lines of current (movement). The water appears to play a phonetic role, providing the "a" vowel sound in the name.

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

maria
q~llaz

Gloss Normalization: 

María Quilaztli

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephaie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (female)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Religion (Indigenous)
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
frontal view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
left to right
Keywords: 

fuerzas divinas, fuerzas sagradas, diosas, femeninas, nombres de mujeres, quelites, hierbas, plantas, verdes, agua

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

Quilaztli, the name of a female divine force, also an edible herb, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quilaztli
a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Quilaztli (nombre de una fuerza divina femenina, una diosa)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 633v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=349&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: 

Quilaz (MH633r)

Quilaz (MH633v)

Quilaz (MH765v)