ixtli (FCbk10f33r)

ixtli (FCbk10f33r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black-line drawing of the element ixtli ("eye") taken from the compound glyph teixcuamol (see below). It shows a pair of eyes drawn in a more European style in a frontal view.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Florentine/Florentinus, Codex (FC)

Date of Manuscript:

1577

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Hair (human or animal)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

frontal view

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

eyes, faces, ojos, caras

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ix(tli), eye or face, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Ojo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_10615?/sp=40&st=image

Image Source, Rights:

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