Cuauhilama (MH749v)

Cuauhilama (MH749v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhilama (perhaps “Eagle-Elder Woman”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph is simply the head of an eagle in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Its eye is open, as is its beak.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

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

Gender (female)

Gender (male)

Mouth/Beak Open

Names (men's, but w/ female dimension)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

águilas, mujeres viejas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
ilama(tl), an elder woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ilamatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Águila-Anciana

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 749v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=577&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:

"ll" for l

"q" for c

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: