male indigenous noble

This indigenous man bears a name glyph that includes an eagle head (quauhtli). He is seated on a throne and dressed in a red cloak, representing one of the sixteen indigenous nobles of Quauhquechollan that are shown in the circle around the image of the church. We know they are of the nobility because of the pictographic conventions of their being seated on thrones, their use of red capes, and a hand pointing forward. The majority of these nobles are accompanied by a name glyph and some have, in addition, an alphabetic gloss that identifies them. Unfortunately, the glosses are not legible. The text on this document refers to the nobles as “fiscales...and merchants.” The merced of 1545 mentions the names of three nobles of Quauhquechollan, don Alonzo de Menezes Xiloxohcatl, don Gregorio Telles Xochitla, and don Simón de Castañeda Xochitotol (AGN-M 2, expl 532, fs. 215-216r.). Of these names, we can only connect one with the Mapa Circular: Gregorio Telles. ---------- Este hombre indígena, sentado en un trono y vestido en manta roja, representa uno de los señores de Quauhquechollan. El glifo de su nombre muestra la cabeza de un águila.