ayatl (MH618v)

ayatl (MH618v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the noun, ayatl (perhaps a mague-fiber cloth or cloak, perhaps with a loose weave), doubles as the simplex glyph for the personal name, Taya (see below). The cloth appears to be hanging, which pulls up the upper corners. The cloth also has horizontal lines that give it a three-dimentionality, an artistic trait that would have been learned originally from colonial instructors.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

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: 
frontal view
rectangular
three-dimensionality
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

telas, textiles, capas

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Capa

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 618v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=319st=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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Taya (MH618v)

ayatl (MH535v)

ayatl (MH569r)

ayatl (MH530v)

netlauhtilli (FCbk8f43r)

ayatl (FCbk10f53r)