tzilini (MH513r)

tzilini (MH513r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element tzilini (to ring a bell) has been carved from the compound personal name glyph Pantzilin (see below).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Sensory Perception
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bell-shaped (upright)
frontal view
Keywords: 

campanas, campanillas, jingle bells, pinjantes

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

tzilini, to ring a bell, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzilini

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 513r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=105&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: 

Pantzilin (MH513r)

Tzilin (MH486r)