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:

Raptor claws appear in the Classic Period, too, such as in Teotihuacan art. Eagles’ claws appear in various forms in this collection. See some other examples, below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text 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: Birds

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

three-dimensionality

Keywords:

águilas, uñas, garras, nombres de hombres, men's names

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
izte(tl), animal toenails, claws, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iztetl
izti(tl), fingernails, toenails, claws, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iztitl

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).

Orthography:

intrusive overbar

Historical Contextualizing Image: