Quecholomitl (MH661v)

Quecholomitl (MH661v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Quecholomitl (“Quechol Bones,” attested here as a man’s name) shows the head of a quecholli bird in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Its eye and mouth are both open. The neck feathers are tripartite, and they have some vertical hatching. Thin black lines come off the top, back, and lower side of the bird’s head.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The purpose of the thin lines around the quecholli head are of uncertain meaning. They may represent an aura or shimmer that is something like the Atonal glyph, the Cuauhtzitzimitl, Cuetlach, or Cipac. Quecholli is the name of the fourteenth month of the xiuhpohualli year-count calendar.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

fran^co. quecholomitl.

Gloss Normalization:

Francisco Quecholomitl

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:

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.

Feathers

Gender (male)

Mouth/Beak Open

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement

Keywords:

birds, pájaros, plumas, feathers, fiestas, calendarios, nombres de meses, nombres de hombres, huesos, bones, xiuhpohualli, año

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quecholomi(tl), bone(s) of the quechol bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quecholomitl
quechol(li), a month name and a bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quecholli
omi(tl), bones, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/omitl
xiuhpohual(li), yearly account, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xiuhpohualli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Hueso de Ave Rosado Acuático

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 661v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=403&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: