ixtli (Osu15r)

ixtli (Osu15r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a black-line drawing of the element ixtli ("eye") taken from the compound glyph visorrey (see below). It shows the frontal view of an eye.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The Nahuatl noun ixtli can refer to eyes or faces, but this visual is clearly evoking an eye.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Osuna, Codex (Osu)
Date of Manuscript: 

1551–1565

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

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: 
circle (half)
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
Keywords: 

eyes, faces, ojos, caras

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

ix(tli), eye, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Ojo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Library of Congress Online Catalog and the World Digital Library, Osuna Codex, or Painting of the Governor, Mayors, and Rulers of Mexico (Pintura del Gobernador, Alcaldes y Regidores de México), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_07324/. The original is located in the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

visorrey (Osu15r)

ixtli (MH488r)

ixtli (MH488r)

ixtli (Mxnus13)