atl (MH528v)

atl (MH528v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element atl (water) has been carved from the compound personal name glyph, Tonal (see below).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
bird's eye view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 528v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=136&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).

See Also: 

Tonal (MH528v)