Cuauhiztetl (MH676v)

Cuauhiztetl (MH676v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuahuiztetl. is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a talisman tied on a cord. This may be an eagle claw, especially when compared with the glyph and gloss for Cuauhizte (MH809r), below. But a talon or claw is not obviously part of this glyph.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Other dictionary terms that are similar include cuauhiztitl/cuahuiztitl (talons or eagle claws) and cuahuiztli (thistle).

Added Analysis, 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: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
tied, bound, or bundled
curving, curvy, curved
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

garras, águilas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
izte(tl), animal toenails, claws, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iztetl
izti(tl), fingernails, toenails, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iztitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Garra de Águila

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 676v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=433&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: 
"v" for u, uh, or hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cuauhizte (MH809r)