Cuauhtepotzo (MH545r)

Cuauhtepotzo (MH545r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name, Cuauhtepotzo (perhaps “Pole Latch" or "Lock," is attested here as a man’s name. It shows an eagle (cuauhtli) in flight, wings raised, going toward the reader's left. The eagle has its head turned backward, however, looking at it large rounded back, which serves to indicate the word hunchback (tepotzotli). These may be phonetic indicators for the term cuauhtepotzotli, which refers to a latch or lock on a pole.

Gloss or Text Image: 
Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription: 

juāquauhtepotzo

Gloss/Text Normalization: 

Juan Cuauhtepotzo

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

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Syntax: 
Writing Features: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

curcunchos, jorobados, águilas

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Águila Jorobada o Curcuncha

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 
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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