Ixtli (MH500r)

Ixtli (MH500r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ixtli ("Eye") is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a frontal view of a starry or stellar eye (ixtli) of the traditional type, but the pointed oval of the more representative human eye has been added around the old glyph. Another change in the traditional eye design is a white horizontal band above the pupil, at the bottom edge of the eyelid.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See below for additional examples of traditional Nahua eyes and the evolution toward more European-style drawings of eyes.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

pedro
yxtli

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Ixtli

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
leaf, marquise, pointed oval
oval (see also leaf shaped)
frontal view
pointed (see also spiky)
triangular
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

eyes, ojos, estrellas, stars

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

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

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 500r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=79&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: 

ixtli (Mdz21v)

Tlamauh (MH496r)

ixtli (MH485v)

ixtli (MH484v)

Ixtli (MH649r)