armas reales (FCbk12f22r)

This iconographic example, featuring a black and white sketch of a royal standard (cuachpanitl) with the Spanish coat of arms (armas reales, in a loanword from Spanish), is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making comparisons with related hieroglyphs. The term selected for this example comes from Our Online Nahuatl Dictionary and the use of cuachpanitl in the Nahuatl text. There is no gloss, per se. This example shows a flag with the coat of arms of León and Castilla. The coat of arms is sideways. A man on horseback is holding the staff that carries the flag. The Nahuatl text explains that the man was “waving” the flag, “tossing it,” and “making it spin.”