Cuauhquechollan (MH868r)

Cuauhquechollan (MH868r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the place name Cuauhquechollan (“Place of Eagles with Rich Feathers”) shows an eagle perched atop a three-dimensional hill or mountain. Its wings are spread-eagle, and its feathers are drawn in a prominent way, and some are colored gray. The eagle’s beak is open and what may be its tongue is protruding. A small heart appears at the tip of the tongue. Next to the mountain or hill is a Christian church, which seems to serve as a visual locative for the (-tlan) suffix, along with the mountain. The church has a cross on top, a bell tower, arching windows and doors, columns, and elaborate designs.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

That the tlacuilo would take the trouble to include these details suggests a possible pride in the church. The fuller gloss names the patron saint as Santa María de Jesús.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

quauhquechollā

Gloss Normalization: 

Cuauhquechollan

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: 
place name
Syntax: 
locative (visual not silent)
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Feathers
Landscape Features
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (places)
Tongue Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
3/4 view
three-dimensionality
Keywords: 

águilas, animales, plumas, iglesias, cruces, montañas, cerros, nombres de lugares

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

cuauhquechol(li), an eagle with rich feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhquecholli
-tlan (locative suffix), place, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlan

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Lugar del Águila con Rico Plumaje

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 868r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=808&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: 
See Also: 

cuauhquecholli (Mdz42r)