miztli (MH497v)

miztli (MH497v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for a mountain lion has been carved from the compound glyph for the personal name Temiz (which had the added element of a stone). This animal is shown in a position about to pounce. It is in profile, facing toward the viewer's left and looking downward.

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

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

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing downward
facing left
profile view
Keywords: 

pumas

Museum & Rare Book Comparisons: 
Museum/Rare Book Notes: 

miztli. This mountain lion is on display in the Museo del Templo Mayor. Photograph by Stephanie Wood, 15 February 2023; this commentary and photo editing by Robert Haskett.

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

miz(tl), wildcat, mountain lion, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/miztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el puma

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 497v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=74&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: 

Temiz (MH497v)

Temiz (MH493r)

miztli (MH486r)

Miztli (MH499r)

Cuamix (MH628v)