mitl (MH521r)

mitl (MH521r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element mitl (arrow) has been carved from the compound personal name glyph, Quetzalmitl (see below).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Hunting and Fishing
Technology (all types), plus Tools
War or Conflict
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
pointed (see also spiky)
spiky
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

arrows, flechas

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

mi(tl), arrow or dart, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mitl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 521r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=121&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: 

mitl (Mdz23r)

Quetzalmitl (MH521r)