icopi (MH486r)

icopi (MH486r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the glyphic element icopi (the verb, to close the eyes) has been carved from the compound personal name glyph, Cuauhicopi (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: 
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
Keywords: 

eyes, ojos, verbos

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

icopi, to close the eyes, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/icopi

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 483r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=51&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: 

Cuauhicopi (MH486r)