Cuauhquen (MH641v)

Cuauhquen (MH641v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhquen ("Eagle Ritual Bib," attested here as a man's name) shows a ritual garment (quemitl, whose stem is quen) that is somewhat horizontal, rectangular, and has a tie at the top. The quemitl is decorated with eagle feathers, light at their tops and dark at their lower points. Something approximating eleven feathers are visible.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

For comparison, see some other types of quemitl below. Eagle feathers are the most common, but white heron (egret) feathers appear on one, another third is probably seems to be made from white paper or cloth.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

juā quauhgⁿ

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Cuauhquen

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

tied, bound, or bundled

Keywords:

plumas, textiles, ropa de rituales, nombres de hombres, feathers

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
quemi(tl), eagle feather ritual garment for the chest, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quemitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Prenda Ritual de Plumas de Águila

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 641v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=365&st=image&r=-0.792,...

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:

"g" for c, q, or x

"q" for c

Historical Contextualizing Image: