Quetzalmitl (MH902v)

Quetzalmitl (MH902v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Quetzalmitl (“Quetzal Feather Arrow”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a vertical arrow (mitl), point up, with two barbs. To the left of the arrow are two vertical, wavy quetzal feathers.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See the other Quetzalmitl glyphs below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

gazpal quetzalmitl

Gloss Normalization:

Gaspar Quetzalmitl

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:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

pointed (see also spiky)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

left to right

Keywords:

plumas, quetzales, flechas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quetzal(li), quetzal feather, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalli
mi(tl), arrow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Quetzal-Pluma

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 902v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=877&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:

"l" for r

Historical Contextualizing Image: