ixtli (TV4r)

ixtli (TV4r)
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 Ixpantzinco (see below). It shows the frontal view of an eye painted 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

Source Manuscript: 
Teocaltitlan, San Pablo/Valeriano (TV)
Date of Manuscript: 

1574

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

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 (half)
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
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: 

El Libro de los Tributos de San Pablo Teocaltitlan, also known as the Codex Valeriano and Manuscrit Mexicain 376, is hosted by the Bibliothèque nationale de France, published on line in the digital resource, Gallica, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8455947h/f15.item.r=Libro%20de%20...

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Ixpantzinco (TV4r)

ixtli (MH712r)

ixtli (MH712r)

ixtli (MH521r)