Cuauhtemaltzin (MH752r)

Cuauhtemaltzin (MH752r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph of the personal name or ethnicity Cuauhtemaltzin (perhaps "Revered Guatemalan") involves simply the addition of what may be eagle feathers to the head of the local ruler of a small town that is part of the jurisdiction of Huejotzingo.

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: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Feathers
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Politics, Power, Governance
Race, Ethnicity, Identity
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

águilas, plumas, feathers, madera, material, pudre, etnicidades, Guatemala, Cuauhtemallan, nombres de hombres

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

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
cuahu(itl), wood or tree, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl
temal(li), pus or something rotten, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/temalli
Cuauhtemallan, Guatemala, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtemallan

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Span Transl: Guatemalteco (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 752r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=582&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cuauhtemal (MH603v)