Cuauhquen (MH871r)

Cuauhquen (MH871r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhquen (“Eagle Ritual Bib”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a ritual bib (quemitl) with at least two rows of eagle (cuauhtli) feathers hanging on it. The top is narrower than the bottom. Something approximating nine feathers are visible. The feathers here are not dark as in some cases, but the calamus is visible on some of these.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See comparisons below. Some of these bibs show a tie that would go around a person’s neck. They were apparently meant to cover the chest. In some sources, people have mistaken than for tilmatli. See, for example, the Getty’s Digital Florentine Codex, https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/book/1/folio/xvv/images/4382cfe9-8936-.... Please see María Teresa Sepúlveda y Herra for·reference to the cuauhquemitl, “vestido de águila, propio de los cuauhuehuetque,” in her book, Las mantas en documentos pictográficos y en crónicas coloniales (2019, 483).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

p^o quauhquē

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.

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Keywords:

ropa, textiles, 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 871r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=814&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

Historical Contextualizing Image: