Cuauhchita (MH634r)

Cuauhchita (MH634r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhchita ("Eagle-Net Bag") is attested here as a man's name. It shows the head of an eagle in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. Its visible eye and its beak are open. The feathers on its head are both curving and spiky. At the site of the eagle's neck is a net back (chitatli) with a tie below the top. The tie has been pulled somewhat, creating wrinkles (three-dimensionality), which is highlighted with vertical lines around the tie.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

quauhchita

Gloss Normalization:

Cuauhchita

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)

Mouth/Beak Open

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

tied, bound, or bundled

wrinkles

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

bolsas, redes, águilas, tecnología, bags, nets, eagles, technology, nombres de hombres, feathers, plumas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
chita(tli), net bag, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chitatli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Bolsa de Red

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 634r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=350st=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

Historical Contextualizing Image: