Itzcuauh (MH771r)

Itzcuauh (MH771r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Itzcuauh ("Golden Eagle") is attested here as a man's name. It shows an eagle (cuauhtli) head in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. The beak is slightly open. On top of the head are twin or symmetrical, black, obsidian blades (itztli). If Itzcuauh is not short for itzcuauhtli, golden eagle, then another possibility could be a partially phonetic rendering of itzcuahuitl, the obsidian-bladed club, and in that case the eagle's head could be a phonetic indicator for wood (cuahuitl). See our dictionary entry for Itzcuauhtzin for information about the ruler of this name who possibly lends his name to this noble.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

po ytzquauh

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Itzcuauh

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals: Birds
Feathers
Gender (male)
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
symmetry
vertical, upright
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Keywords: 

hojas de obsidiana, cuchillos, águilas, pájaros, nombres de gobernantes, nombres de hombres, nombres famosos

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

itzcuahu(itl), an Indigenous weapon like the macuahuitl, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itzcuahuitl
itzcuauh(tli), golden eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itzcuauhtli
itz(tli), obsidian blade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itztli
cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
Itzcuauhtzin, interim ruler of Tlatelolco at the time of the Spanish invasion, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itzcuauhtzin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Obsidiana-Águila (nombre de un gobernante famoso)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 771r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=616&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
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Itzcuauh (MH499v)

Itzcuauh (MH626v)

Itzcuauhtzin (MH908r)