Cuixtli (MH503r)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuixtli ("Small Bird of Prey," attested here as a man's name) shows a profile of a bird's head, looking toward the viewer's right. Its hooked beak is open, as is its eye. The feathers on its head are textured, and the feathers on its neck are spiky and somwhat darker.
Stephanie Wood
"Kite" is the name of the cuixtli in English, but it is a small bird of prey, and could possibly represent a different raptor.
Stephanie Wood
diego
cuixtli
Diego Cuixtli
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
birds of prey, pájaros rapaces, nombres de hombres, feathers, plumas
cuixtli, a kite, i.e. a small bird of prey, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuixtli
Milano, (un pequeño ave de rapiña)
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 503r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=83&st=image
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