Icnocuauh (MH661v)

Icnocuauh (MH661v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Icnocuauh (“Humble Eagle” or “Sad Eagle”) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows the head of an eagle (cuauhtli) in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. The somewhat dark coloring of this eagle’s head may suggest that it is in a sad state (icno-). If that is not intentional, then this glyph does not provide a visual element for the start to the name (icno-).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The adjective “icno” is often expressed visually with the addition of tears. See some examples below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

balthasar. ycnoquauh

Gloss Normalization:

Baltazar 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:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

pobre, triste, águila, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Pobre Águila

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 661v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=403&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:

"s" for z

"th" for t, d, or gd

"y" for i

Historical Contextualizing Image: