acatl (MH486r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This black-line drawing of the element acatl has been extracted from the compound Matlalaca (see below). It is a vertical, segmented reed or cane with two small leaves on the right side and one on the left.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
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Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Keywords:
reeds, cañas, plantas
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
aca(tl), reed/cane, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acatl
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
la caña
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 483r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=51&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).
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