Cuauhquiyahuacatl (MH770r)

Cuauhquiyahuacatl (MH770r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhquiyahuacatl ("One from Cuauhquiyahuac") is attested here as a man's name. It can also be a title, referring to men who have been distinguished in war. It shows a building in profile, facing toward the viewer's left. Outside or at the entryway (quiyahuac) of the building is an eagle's head, also in profile, but facing toward the right. The eagle (cuauhtli) has its eye and beak open. Around the top and back of its head, the feathers are spiky.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

There was a barrio of Tenochtitlan with the name Cuauhquiyahuac, which some translate as Eagle's Gate. Thus, the elements of the compound appear to be logographic.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

tōmas quauhq~avacatl

Gloss Normalization:

Tomás Cuauhquiyahuacatl

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

title/office

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Feathers

Gender (male)

Mouth/Beak Open

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

War or Conflict

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

left to right

outward (from inside out)

Keywords:

animales, pájaros, águilas, edificios, entradas, títulos, guerra, etnicidad, barrio de Tenochtitlan, nombres de hombres, feathers, plumas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Cuauhquiyahuac, Eagle Door neighborhood of Tenochtitlan, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhquiyahuac
quiyahuac, outside, at the entrance/exit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quiyahuac
cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
-catl, affiliation suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/catl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

(una persona de Cuauhquiyahuac, probablemente un barrio de Tenochtitlan)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 770r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=614&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).

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