mitl (MH526r)

mitl (MH526r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element mitl (arrow) has been extracted from the compound Tzihuacmitl, a personal name. The arrow has fletching at the top, seemingly comprised of an eagle wing feather and a down feather. The shaft is segmented like the cane (carrizo?) from which it is made. The tip is a carved stone point, with notches for attaching it to the shaft.

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: 
Hunting and Fishing
Technology (all types), plus Tools
War or Conflict
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
pointed (see also spiky)
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

flechas, puntas de proyectil, plumas

Museum & Rare Book Comparisons: 
Museum/Rare Book Notes: 

This green obsidian projectile point is from the Museo de Sitio de Tlatelolco (2012, 267).

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

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

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 526r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=131&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: 

Tzihuacmitl (MH526r)