mitl (MH504v)

mitl (MH504v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element shows an arrow (mitl) that has been carved from the compound glyph for the personal name Tezcamitl. The arrow head is jagged, like the tlaxichtli. The back end has fletching.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The various arrows that come from the Matrícula de Huexotzinco adds considerably to the types of arrows found in the earlier Codex Mendoza.

Added Analysis, 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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Hunting and Fishing
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
facing right
pointed (see also spiky)
profile view
Keywords: 

arrows, spears, javelins, flechas

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

mi(tl), arrow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la flecha

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 504v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=88&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: 

Tezcamitl (MH504v)

Tlaxich (MH517r)

mitl (Mdz23r)

mitl (Mdz40r)

Quetzalmitl (MH497r)