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

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

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

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

cuerdas, nudos, ondulante, retorcido

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

la cuerda

Image Source: 
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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