maitl (MH613v)

maitl (MH613v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the glyphic element for the noun, maitl (hand), has been extracted from the compound glyph for the personal name or occupation, Xochimaqui (see below). In that compound, the hand is in the form of a fist, grasping a bouquet of flowers.

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)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

mano

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

ma(itl), hand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maitl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 613v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=309st=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: 

Xochimaqui (MH613v)

Maitl (MH499v)

maitl (MH608r)