Huitzilcuauh (MH607v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Huitzilcuauh (perhaps "Hummingbird-Eagle") is attested here as a man's name.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
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Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
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Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Keywords:
águilas, colibríes, pájaros, plumas, nombres de hombres
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Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
huitzil(in), hummingbird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huitzilin
cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
Colibrí-Águila
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 607v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=297&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).
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