cuauhquecholli (Mdz42r)
This simplex glyph for the eagle with rich feathers (cuauhquecholli) also stands for the place name, Cuauhquechollan. It has been taken from the place name Macuilxochic-Cuauhquechollan (see below). The eagle is shown in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. Its eye and beak are open. Its claws are noticeably sharp. On the eagle's head is a feather device that is made with quecholli feathers. The quecholli is a bird whose feathers had an important ritual role in the 20-day month of the same name.
c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest
cuauhtli, quecholli, birds, eagles, feathers
cuauhquechol(li), eagle with rich feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhquecholli
el águila de pluma rica
Antonio Peñafiel
Codex Mendoza, folio 42 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 94 of 188.
The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).