Cuauhquen (MH904v)

Cuauhquen (MH904v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhquen (“Eagle-Ritual Bib”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a ritual bib (quemitl, which has a stem of -quen) with a knotted, horizontal tie that would go behind a person’s neck. The bib has two rows of eagle (cuauhtli) feathers, white at the top (with the calamus not visible) and black down at their tips.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

For other Cuauhquen glyphs, see below. For comparison, see the example of a glyph for Tozquen.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

p^o. quauhquē

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Cuauhquen

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:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals: Birds

Feathers

Gender (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

tied, bound, or bundled

Keywords:

plumas, textiles, prendas rituales, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
quem(itl), ritual bib, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quemitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Prenda Ritual de Plumas de Águila

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 904v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=881&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

Historical Contextualizing Image: