Cuauhtlaxaya (MH692r)

Cuauhtlaxaya (MH692r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhtlaxaya (“Eagle Face” or “Eagle Mask”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of an eagle (cuauhtli) in profile facing toward the viewer’s right. Its eye and beak are open. The upper part of the beak has a pronounced hook. To the right of the eagle’s head is half of a human head, emphasizing the face (xayacatl).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

s.tos guauhtlaxaya

Gloss Normalization:

Santos Cuauhtlaxaya

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:

Anatomy, human body parts

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

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:

facing right

profile view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

left to right

Keywords:

águilas, caras, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
xayaca(tl), face or mask, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xayacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Cara de Águila, o Máscara de Águila

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 692r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=464&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: