mecatl (MH538r)

mecatl (MH538r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element mecatl (a cord or rope) has been extracted from the compound Yaomeca. The cord here is twisted, it undulates, and it has what seems to be a knot on the right end.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Rope, cord
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
profile view
segmented
tied, bound, or bundled
wavy
Keywords: 

cuerdas, nudos, ondulante, retorcido

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

meca(tl), cord or rope, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la cuerda

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 538r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=115&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: 

Yaomeca (MH538r)