cuauhquecholli (Mdz42r)

cuauhquecholli (Mdz42r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph for the eagle with rich feathers (cuauhquecholli) also stands for the place name, Cuauhquechollan. It has been taken from the place name Macuilxochic-Cuauhquechollan (see below). The eagle is shown in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. Its eye and beak are open. Its claws are noticeably sharp. On the eagle's head is a feather device that is made with quecholli feathers. The quecholli is a bird whose feathers had an important ritual role in the 20-day month of the same name.

Source Manuscript:

Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)

Date of Manuscript:

c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Semantic Categories:

calendrics

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Feathers

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Religion (Indigenous)

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Colors:

brown

white/neutral

yellow or golden

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

cuauhtli, quecholli, birds, eagles, feathers, plumas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauhquechol(li), eagle with rich feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhquecholli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

el águila de pluma rica

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Antonio Peñafiel

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 42 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 94 of 188.

Image Source, Rights:

The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).