miztli (MH486r)

miztli (MH486r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black and white drawing of the element showing the head of a cougar (miztli) has been carved from the compound glyph for the personal name Amiztlato (see below). 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: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Mouth/Beak Open
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jose Aguayo-Barragan

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
dotted, granular, textured
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

pumas, mountain lions

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

miz(tli), cougar, 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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Amiztlato (MH486r)

Cuamix (MH628v)

miztli (MH497v)

Miztli (MH499r)

miztli (MH493r)

Miztli Yauh (MH632v)

Mizyaotl (MH871v)