Icnocuauh (MH647r)

Icnocuauh (MH647r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Icnocuauh ("Sad Eagle" or "Humble Eagle") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows the head of an eagle in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. This eagle (cuauhtli) has a large, open beak, and tears (for sad or humble, Icno-) are streaming down from its visible eye. It has spiky black feathers on the top of its head.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This visual adjective for being sad or humble (icno) can be attached to other nouns, as shown below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pedro ycnoquauh

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Icnocuauh

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

Syntax:

adjective

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Emotions

Gender (male)

Mouth/Beak Open

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

profile view

facing right

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

animales, pájaros, águilas, lágrimas, tears, sad, triste, humilde, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

icno-, humble, sad, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/icno
cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Águila Triste, o Águila Humilde

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 647r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=376&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: