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. Heron feathers appear on one, eagle feathers on another, and a third is probably just 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

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: