Itzcuauhtzin (MH908r)

Itzcuauhtzin (MH908r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Itzcuauhtzin (perhaps “Golden Eagle”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a noble man wearing a diadem and a cloak, while sitting on a low stepped stool. His clothing is appropriate for his title (in the contextualizing image), Calmecahuatecuhtli. If Itzcuauh- is not short for itzcuauhtli, golden eagle, then another possibility could be a partially phonetic rendering of itzcuahuitl, the obsidian-bladed club, and in that case the eagle's head could be a phonetic indicator for wood (cuahuitl). See our dictionary entry for Itzcuauhtzin for information about the ruler of this name who possibly lends his name to this noble.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See three hieroglyphs, below, that focus on the elements of the name.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

ytzquauhtzī

Gloss Normalization: 

Itzcuauhtzin

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Keywords: 

obsidiana, águilas, macanas, nombres de hombres

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

itz(tli), obsidian blade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itztli
cuauh(tli), eagle, cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
itzcuauh(tli), golden eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itzcuauhtli
itzcuahu(itl), obsidian blade studded club, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itzcuahuitl
Itzcuauhtzin, interim ruler of Tlatelolco at the time of the Spanish invasion, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itzcuauhtzin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Águila Real

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 908r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=886&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: