ixtli (MH521v)

ixtli (MH521v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element of ixtli (eye) has been taken from the compound glyph for Atlix. The eye shows European stylistics; it has evolved considerably from the red and white stellar or starry eye of the Codex Mendoza of nearly two decades earlier. For example, it has an oval shape and something that looks like an eyebrow.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
half circle
curving, curvy, curved
frontal view
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

eyes, ojos, estilísticos europeos

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

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el ojo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 521v, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=122&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: 

Atlix (MH521v)

ixtli (Mdz51r)

ixtli (Mdz43r)

ixtli (Mdz36r)

ixtli (Mdz24v)

ixtli (Mdz21v)

ixtli (Mdz16r)

ixtli (Mdz7v)

Ixtli (MH649r)