zolanqui (MH774v)

zolanqui (MH774v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the noun zolanqui ("quail hunter"), an occupation. The glyph includes the head of a quail (zolin) in profile, facing toward the viewer's left. Behind the quail head is a frontal view of a diamond-shaped net with a white border and mesh inside. The net helps clarify that this person's occupation is to hunt and catch quail. He his a hunter (-anqui).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

çollaq~

Gloss Normalization: 

zolanqui

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Gender (male)
Hunting and Fishing
Occupations
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
diamond shape(s)
facing left
frontal view
profile view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
front to back
Keywords: 

hunters, nets, quail, birds, feathers, redes, cazadores, plumas, pájaros, codornices, oficios

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

-anqui, hunter, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/anqui
zol(in), quail, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zolin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

cazador de codornicees

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 774v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=623&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: 
"ç" for z or tz
"ll" for l
dropped "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

zolin (Mdz15v)

zolin (MH514r)

Zolin (MH625v)