cuauhtli (Mdz5v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This simplex glyph for the place name, Cuauhhuacan is duplicated here to serve as a sign for eagle (cuauhtli).
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest
Syntax:
Cultural Content & Iconography:
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
![](https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/cuauhtli05veagleFromCuahuacan.jpg?itok=tDIuqa0i)
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
cuahtli, eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
Additional Scholars' Interpretations:
eagle
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 05 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 21 of 188.
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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