Cuauhcopil (MH649v)

Cuauhcopil (MH649v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This yellow, white, and gray painting of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhcopil (perhaps "Eagle with the Conical Hat") is attested here as a man's name. The eagle's head is shown in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. Its yellow beak is open. On top of its head is a large, rounded cap (copilli).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

diego guauhcopil

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Cuauhcopil

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:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Gender (male)

Mouth/Beak Open

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

gray

white/neutral

yellow or golden

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

pájaros, águilas, sombreros, gorras, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
copil(li), conical hat , https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/copilli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Águila-Sombrero Cónico

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 649v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=381&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:

"g" for c, q, or x

Historical Contextualizing Image: