Cuauhpoyahual (MH774v)

Cuauhpoyahual (MH774v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhpoyahual ("Eagle-Tail Feather") 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 feathers on the back of the eagle's head are spiky. Its beak is closed. Behind the eagle head is a single upright feather, apparently a tail feather (poyahualli). The fanes of the feather open or widely separated.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

juā quauhpoyaval

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Cuauhpoyahual

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.

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

frontal view

profile view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

right to left

Keywords:

plumas, águilas, pájaros, nombres de hombres, feathers

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
poyahuallo(tl), a type of tail feather, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/poyahuallotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Pluma de Cola de Águila

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 774v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=623&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

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: