Cuauhquen (MH694v)

Cuauhquen (MH694v)
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 frontal view of a ritual garment (quemitl, whose stem is quen) that is somewhat horizontal, rectangular, and has a tie at the top. This quemitl is decorated with eagle feathers, light at their tops and dark at their lower points. Something approximating thirteen feathers are visible.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

For comparison, see a selection of quemitl below. Besides eagle feathers, at least one is made from heron feathers, one from grasses or hay, and one has flowers. Additional examples of the xochiquen can be had by searching that term. Another cuauhquen is also available by searching. Perhaps one of these quemitl below is just white paper or cloth.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pedro quauhque

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro 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

Syntax:

noun(s)

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:

frontal view

horizontal

rectangular

tied, bound, or bundled

Keywords:

ropa, prendas rituales, plumas, águilas, 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 694v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=469&st=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:

"q" for c

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: