ithualli (MH569v)

ithualli (MH569v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the glyphic element ithualli (patio) has been taken from the compound personal name glyph Ithualpanecatl (see below). This is a bird's eye view of a patio in the shape of a square.

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: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Landscape Features
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bird's eye view
rectangular
Keywords: 

architecture, arquitectura, patios, plazas, rectángulos

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

ithual(li), patio, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ithualli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 569v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=218&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Ithualpanecatl (MH569v)

Ithual (MH785v)