Matlactli Cuauhtli (FCbk4f27r)

Matlactli Cuauhtli (FCbk4f27r)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This colorful painting of a simplex glyph-plus-notation has as its focus the date Matlactli Cuauhtli ("Ten Eagle," or 10-Eagle), in the religious divinatory calendar called the tonalpohualli. The glyph is a standing eagle (cuauhtli) in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. The eagle's eye and beak are open. It is a brown color with a white chest. Its legs and claws are golden. Above the head of the eagle is the notation, two rows of five small circles painted red. Lines connect the dots. There are ten in all (matlactli). This date is entirely boxed, which is common for dates, even if there is the shared purpose of separating the glyph from the text on this page, as can be seen in the contextualizing image below.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Florentine/Florentinus, Codex (FC)
Date of Manuscript: 

1577

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
day name
numbers
Syntax: 
line connecting elements
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Mouth/Beak Open
Numbers, Math
Religion (Indigenous)
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
brown
red
tan
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

águilas, animales, pájaros, números, calendarios, días, fechas, tonalpohualli

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

matlac(tli), ten, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/matlactli
cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Diez Águila, o 10-Águila

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_10615?/sp=55&st=image

Image Source, Rights: 

The Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection. Absent any such restrictions, these materials are free to use and reuse. Researchers are encouraged to review the source information attached to each item. If you do publish anything from this database, please cite the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Matlactli Cuauhtli (CQ)