ixtli (MH488r)

ixtli (MH488r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element ixtli (eye) has been taken from the compound personal name glyph Nahualix (see below). The eye here is shown in a frontal view, and it is the classic starry or stellar eye of early times. It is circular, with the top half serving as the eyelid. The lower half has the pupil, iris, and white of the eye, with concentric half-circles.

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: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
half circle
frontal view
Keywords: 

ojos

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

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

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 488r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=207&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: 

Nahualix (MH488r)

ixtli (MH484v)

ixtli (MH485v)