mixtli (MH483r)

mixtli (MH483r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for clouds [mixtli has been carved from the compound sign for the personal name, Mixcoatl. This is a black line drawing of a cluster of cloud segments (apparently in the sky), left natural inside the lines. These clouds appear on the left side of a serpent in the original compound, almost like wings of a butterfly. They have scalloped edges.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Celestial Phenomena
Weather, Climate
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
scalloped edges
segmented
Keywords: 

clouds, nubes, skies, cielo

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

mix(tli), cloud(s), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mixtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

los nubes

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 483r, World Digital Library.

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).