Cuanaca (MH650v)

Cuanaca (MH650v)
Simplex Hieroglyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex Nahuatl hieroglyph for the personal name Cuanaca is attested here as a man's name. It shows the head of a rooster or a hen with a large red crest (cuanacatl) on top of its head. It also has some flesh of this type on its neck. The bird's head is shown in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. Spaniards introduced this type of poultry to Mexico.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image: 
Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription: 

angustin guanacā

Gloss/Text Normalization: 

Agustín Guanaca

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: 
Animals: Birds
Feathers
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
red
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

gallos, pájaros, pollos, animales de Europa, nombres de hombres, men's names

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

cuanaca(tl), flesh on top of the head, or the crest of a chicken, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuanacatl
cuanaca, rooster or chicken, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuanaca

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Gallo, o Cresteria de un Gallo o una Gallina

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 650v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=383&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: 
See Also: 

Ecatepec (TR26r)