ayatl (MH530v)

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the glyphic element ayatl (cloth or cloak) has been carved from the compound place name glyph Ayapan (see below).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Keywords: 

fabric, tela, cotton, algodón, cloaks, mantas

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

aya(tl), cotton cloak or fabric, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ayatl

Image Source: 
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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