ecatl (MH516r)

ecatl (MH516r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element ecatl (air or breath) has been carved from the compound personal name glyph Huitzilecatl (see below). The visual suggests more than air or breath for ecatl, but rather ehecatl (wind) or Ehecatl (the divine force of wind), with its mask featuring a device through which to blow wind around.

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: 
Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
facing right
profile view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

eca(tl), air, breath, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ecatl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 516r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=111&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: 

Huitzilecatl (MH516r)

Ecatl (Mdz12r)

Ecatl (Mdz22r)