tentli (MH498r)

tentli (MH498r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of tentli (lips) is an element that has been carved from the compound, Yaoten. The visual is an open mouth with teeth. The lips are not especially notable, but they do appear around the teeth. The mouth is squared off at the back. The teeth are rectangular.

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: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Mouth/Beak Open
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
rectangular
right angle(s)
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

ten(tli), the lip(s), the mouth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tentli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

los labios

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 498r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=75&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: 

Yaote (MH498r)