Quecholomitl (MH776r)

Quecholomitl (MH776r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Quecholomitl (perhaps "Roseate Spoonbill Bone") is attested here as a man's name. The quecholli bird is shown in profile, facing toward the viewer's right, with wings spread in flight.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

In most hieroglyphs for the Quecholomi and Quecholomitl, whether in this manuscript or in the Vergara Codex, the visuals are about feathers rather than bones, which leaves the interpretation that includes a bone or bones open to question.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

angusti quechollomitl

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Agustín Quecholomitl

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Animals: Birds

Feathers

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

birds, bones, huesos, nombres de hombres, ave, aves, pájaro, pájaros, pluma, plumas, animals, animales

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quechol(li), a month name and a bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quecholli-0
om(itl), bone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/omitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Hueso de Ave Rosado Acuático

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 776r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=626&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:

"ll" for l

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: