cuauhtli (MH485v)

cuauhtli (MH485v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for eagle (cuauhtli) has been carved from the compound personal name Cozcacuauh.

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
day name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Xitlali Torres

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

cuauhtli, eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli.

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 485v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=45&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).