Cuauhizte (MH809r)

Cuauhizte (MH809r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhizte (“Eagle Claw”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows what may be an eagle (cuauh-) claw (iztetl). Small curving lines make the leg look three-dimensional. The claw has sharp, curving nails.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Eagles’ claws appear in various forms in this collection. See some other examples, below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

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Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

águilas, uñas, garras, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Garra de Águila

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 809r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=692st=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).

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