Cuauhqui (MH758v)

Cuauhqui (MH758v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhqui (perhaps "Eagle Feather Worker") is attested here as a man's name (or occupation)..

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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: 
Feathers
Gender (male)
Labor Issues
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
rectangular
Keywords: 

trabajos, oficios, nombres de hombres, plumas, águila, águilas

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
-qui, one who does something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/qui-4

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Artesano de Plumas de Águila

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 758v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=595&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: 
See Also: 

cuauhquemitl (Mdz22r)

Cuauhquen (MH641v)

Cuauhtlatzacuilotl (MH520r)

Cuauhquen (MH648r)