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 with Beads,” or with bells) 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:

Another tecuecuextli appears in this collection in the form of a string of large beads on a human ankle (see below). 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:

tied, bound, or bundled

profile view

facing right

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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