Quetzalcoatl (MH538r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Quetzalcoatl is attested here as a man's name.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
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Date of Manuscript:
1560
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Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Keywords:
serpientes emplumados, quetzales, plumas, nombres de hombres
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Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
Quetzalcoatl, deity, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalcoatl
quetzal(li), feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalli
coa(tl), serpent, snake, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatl
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 538r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=155&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).
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