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 (cloth or cloak), doubles as the simplex glyph for the personal name, Taya (see below).

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
Keywords: 

telas, textiles, capas

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

aya(tl), a cloak, 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)