mixtli (MH484v)
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.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
Semantic Categories:
Syntax:
Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Shapes and Perspectives:
Keywords:
clouds, nubes, skies, cielos
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:
las nubes
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 484v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=48&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).