ixtli (Mdz24v)

ixtli (Mdz24v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for eye(s) (ixtli) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Cuahuitl Ixco. In that place name, it does not literally mean eye(s), but stands for the locative suffix (-ixco). The eye is tipped sideways here for no obvious reason. This positioning is rare when we compare this example with others.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added 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
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood, Xitlali Torres

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

https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixtli

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

eye

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 24 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 59 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: 

Cuahuitl Ixco (Mdz24v)