ahuatl (MH596r)

ahuatl (MH596r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element ahuatl (oak tree) has been extracted from the compound place name Ahuacuauhtitlan. The tree has a central core and some thin branches. Its leaves are small dots.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This oak tree is more realistic or representational than the glyphs for ahuatl in the Codex Mendoza. See below for comparisons.

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
dotted, granular, textured
frontal view
spotted or mottled
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

oak trees, robles, encinos

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

ahuat(l), an oak tree, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ahuatl-0

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 596r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=271st=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).

See Also: 

Ahuacuauhtitlan (MH596r)

ahuatl (Mdz21v)

ahuatl (Mdz40r)