ixtli (Mdz21v)

ixtli (Mdz21v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for eyes or face (ix(tli)] has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Ixquemecan. The covering on the face is called a quemitl), a type of ritual vestment usually worn on the chest.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

We see a man's head, but the eyes and face [ix(tli)] is covered with a trapezoid shaped white covering, inadvertently calling attention to it. That this person is male derives from his haircut and hair style. We cannot tell if the quemitl would be paper or cloth. Both are possibilities, for both had ritual uses, as the quemitl was a ritual garment.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Paper
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
orange/terracotta
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
trapezoidal
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

ix(tli), eye, eyes, face, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixtli
quemi(tl), vestment, bib, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quemitl
-can (locative suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/can-2

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

eyes

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el rostro, el ojo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 21 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 53 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).

See Also: 

Ixquemecan (Mdz21v)

Ixtlil (MH626r)