cuauhcihuatl (FCBk10F36r) | Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs

cuauhcihuatl (FCBk10F36r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a multicolored drawing of the compound glyph for the adjective cuauhcihuatl.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Florentine/Florentinus, Codex (FC)

Date of Manuscript:

1577

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Syntax:

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Gender (female)

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

yellow or golden

Shapes and Perspectives:

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauhcihua(tl), a mature woman (literally, eagle-woman), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhcihuatl
cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
cihua(tl), woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihuatl

Image Source:

Library of Congress, https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/book/10/folio/36r/images-0

Image Source, Rights:

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