Cuauhtzatzic (MH835r)

Cuauhtzatzic (MH835r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhtzatzic (perhaps “The Eagle Screeched”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of an eagle in profile, facing right. Its eye and beak are open, and the feathers on the back of its head are spiky. Four speech scrolls emerge from its mouth. All four curl downward. The two farthest out are white, and the two closest to the beak are dark.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

In the glyph below, for Tzatzic, it is a man announcing, yelling, or shouting something.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

peo. quauhtzatzic

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Cuauhtzatzic

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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)
phrase or sentence
verb
preterit tense
visual sound
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Gender (male)
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
spiky
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
volute(s)
Keywords: 

graznar, chillar, gritar, águilas, nombres de hombres

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

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
tzatzi, for an animal to screech, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzatzi

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Águila Chilló

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 835r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=744&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).

Orthography: 
"q" for c
intrusive period
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tzatzic (MH581v)