Tlauhquechol (MH628v)

Tlauhquechol (MH628v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing with a red watercolor wash over it is a simplex glyph for the personal name Tlauhquechol ("Roseate Spoonbill," attested here as a man's name) shows a red bird in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. Its wing is raised, and its head is tilted up a bit.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The color red--and the feathers from this bird--were prized for ritual activities. One of the months in the ritual calendar was named Quecholli. In the contextualizing image, the hammer made with a stone tied to a stick is a sign for Tomás Tlauhquechol's occupation, possibly a sculptor (texinqui).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Domas
tlauhq~chol

Gloss Normalization:

Tomás Tlauhquechol

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

calendrics

month name

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Color names

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

red

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

facing upward

profile view

Keywords:

pájaros, color rojo, plumas, feathers

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlauhquecholli, Roseate Spoonbill, an aquatic bird with red feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlauhquecholli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

un pájaro rojo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 628v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=339st=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:

"d" for t

Historical Contextualizing Image: