cuauhtetepoyo (Mdz20v)

cuauhtetepoyo (Mdz20v)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This multicolored painting is an iconographic example for the noun cuauhtetepoyo, a war shield with an eagle-claw design..

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

For another example of the cuauhtetepoyo chimalli, see Marc Thouvenot's vignette that is based on a detail from the Códice Matritense de la Real Academia: https://vignettes.sup-infor.com/imagen/5-RA_01_075v_a.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)

Date of Manuscript:

by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals: Birds

Art, Design, Crafts, etc.

Feathers

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Colors:

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

frontal view

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauhtetepoyo, having an eagle claw design, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtetepoyo

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 20 verso, https://codicemendoza.inah.gob.mx/inicio.php?lang=english.

Image Source, Rights:

The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).

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