miztli (MH486r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This black and white drawing of the element showing the head of a mountain lion (miztli) has been carved from the compound glyph for the personal name Amiztlato. The animal's head is shown in profile facing to the viewer's right. Its eye and mouth are both open. Its coat is textured.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
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Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Jose Aguayo-Barragan
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Keywords:
pumas, mountain lions
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
miz(tli), wildcat, mountain lion, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/miztli
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
el puma
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 483r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=45&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).
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