Cuauhtecuecuex (MH674r)

Cuauhtecuecuex (MH674r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhtecuecuex (“Eagle Anklet”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of an eagle in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Below the head, connected to it by a short line, is the lower part of the eagle’s leg, foot, and claws. A string with a bead or bell on each end is stretched horizontally across the eagle’s leg, drawing attention to it.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Other glyphs of the tecuecuextli appear in this collection. Often such anklets have beads or bells for dancing, but sometimes they appear to be fabric or paper. Much more numerous are bracelets (macuextli) worn on human wrists. Both of these terms share the syllable -cuex-.

Added Analysis, 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:

line connecting elements

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Gender (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Music, Song, Dance

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

tied, bound, or bundled

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

ajorcas o pulseras para el tobillo, campanillas, cuentas, águilas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
tecuecuex(tli), bells or beads tied around the ankle, probably for dancing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuecuextli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Cuentas Para el Tobillo del Águila, o Campanillas (para lo mismo)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 674r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=428&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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