miqui (Verg6r)

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element miqui (to die) has been taken from the compound personal name glyph, Temic (see below). It shows a skull looking slightly toward the viewer's left. Some shading appears on the right side of the skull, adding three-dimensionality. This may reflect European artistic influence.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1539

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Tepetlaoztoc, near Tetzcoco

Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

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