Quilaz (MH902r)

Quilaz (MH902r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing is the simplex glyph for the personal name Quilaz (the name of a female divine force associated with generating plants, perhaps the edible herbs that also have this name). This glyph is attested here as a woman’s name. It shows an upright plant with tiny leaves and, at the top, a four-petal flower with a round center (a quincunx shape). This plant must be the edible herb called the quilaztli.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Three other Quilaz glyphs involve the herbs plus a spray of water (adding a phonetic element to those glyphs, but not found here). A fourth Quilaz glyph has yet to be deciphered.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

agatha quilaz.

Gloss Normalization: 

Ágata Quilaz

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: 
deity name/theonym
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Flowers
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Religion (Indigenous)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
quincunx or quatrefoil
Keywords: 

hierbas, plantas, comestibles, nombres de diosas, nombres de fuerzas divinas, nombres de mujeres

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

Quilaztli, name of a female divine force which some translate as "Plant Generator," and an edible herb, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quilaztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

(nombre de una fuerza divina y una hierba)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 902r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=876&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: 
"th" for t, d, or gd
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Quilaz (MH633r)

Quilaz (MH633v)

Quilaz (MH633v)

Quilaz (MH765v)