Icnocuauh (MH661v)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Icnocuauh (“Humble Eagle” or “Sad Eagle”) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows the head of an eagle (cuauhtli) in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. The somewhat dark coloring of this eagle’s head may suggest that it is in a sad state (icno-). If that is not intentional, then this glyph does not provide a visual element for the start to the name (icno-).
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The adjective “icno” is often expressed visually with the addition of tears. See some examples below.
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balthasar. ycnoquauh
Baltazar Icnocuauh
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1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
pobre, triste, águila, nombres de hombres
icno-, humble or in a sad state, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/icno
cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
Pobre Águila
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Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 661v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=403&st=image
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