ayatl (MH569r)

ayatl (MH569r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the glyphic element ayatl (perhaps a maguey-fiber cloth or cloak, sometimes loosely woven) has been taken from the compound personal name glyph Ayapan (see below). The cloth appears to be folded over. It has vertical stripes and a border with hatch marks.

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: 
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
border (red, plain, or patterned)
rectangular
right angle(s)
striped
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

textiles, telas, capas, capes, capas, mantas

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

aya(tl), a thin cloak or blanket of cotton, maguey, or henequen fiber, loosely woven, and sometimes net-like, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ayatl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 569r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=217&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: 

Ayapan (MH569r)

ayatl (MH530v)

ayatl (MH535v)

Tlilayatl (MH842r)

Xiccayatl (MH809r)

Tilma (MH649r)

Tlilayatl (MH663v)