Cuauhtlatoa (FCBk8F5v) | Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs

Cuauhtlatoa (FCBk8F5v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This multicolored drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhtlatoa is attested here as a man's name.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Florentine/Florentinus, Codex (FC)

Date of Manuscript:

1577

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Syntax:

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Mouth/Beak Open

Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)

Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition

Tongue Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

blue (turquoise)

orange/terracotta

yellow or golden

Shapes and Perspectives:

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Cuauhtlatoa, "He Speaks Like an Eagle" was the third ruler of Tlatelolco, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtlatoa
cuau(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
tlatoa, to speak, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatoa-0

Image Source:

Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_10615?/sp=40&st=image

Image Source, Rights:

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