ixtli (MH712r)

ixtli (MH712r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a black-line drawing of the element ixtli ("eye") taken from the compound glyph Xalixcatl (see below). It shows the frontal view of an eye. This eye shows European artistic influence and has a small red dot on the left side.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The Nahuatl noun ixtli can refer to eyes or faces, but this visual is clearly evoking an eye.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

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
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle (half)
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

eyes, faces, ojos, caras

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

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Ojo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 712r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=502&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: 

Xalixcatl (MH712r)

ixtli (MH712v)

ixtli (MH541v)