ixtli (MH712v)

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a black-line drawing of the element ixtli ("eye") taken from the compound glyph Atlixcatl (see below). It shows the frontal view of an eye. It is drawn in a European style.

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

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Keywords: 

eyes, faces, ojos, caras

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Ojo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 712v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=503&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).

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