Cuauhchayahual (MH622v) | Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs

Cuauhchayahual (MH622v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhchayahual is attested here as a man's name.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

visible movement

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Mouth/Beak Open

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

outward (from inside out)

Keywords:

águilas, enjaulados, o esparcir semillas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
cuahu(itl), wood, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl-1
cuauhchayahuallo, something encaged, or inside wooden posts, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhchayahuallo
chayahua, to spread seeds, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chayahua-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Águila Jaulado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 622v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=327st=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).

Historical Contextualizing Image:

See Also:

cuauhtli (Mdz13v)

cuauhtli (MH483r)