Cuauhatlapal (MH687v)

Cuauhatlapal (MH687v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhtlapalli (“Eagle-Wing”), which is attested here as a man’s name, shows a simple wing (atlapalli) that must pertain to an eagle (cuauhtli). The feathers go off toward the viewer’s right, in a frontal view.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pedro quauatlapal

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Cuauhatlapal

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood & Jeff Haskett-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, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Keywords:

alas, águilas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuahu(itl), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl
atlapal(li), wing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atlapalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Águila-Ala

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 687v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=455&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:

"q" for c

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: