xihuitl (MH537v)

xihuitl (MH537v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element xihuitl (herbs, greenery, among other definitions) has been extracted from the compound glyph for the personal name Xiuhnel. It is a vertical leaf with veins and a long stem.

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: 
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

hierbas, plantas, verdes

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

xihui(tl), greenery, herbs, turquoise, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la hierba verde

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 537v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=154&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: 

Xiuhnel (MH537v)

Pocxiuh (MH546r)

epazotl (Mdz22r)

xocoyolli (Mdz41r)