xihuitl (MH518r)

xihuitl (MH518r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This image of turquoise tesserae (xihuitl) duplicates the simplex glyph for the personal name Xiuhnel (MH518r).

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)
visual plural (multiples of objects)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Turquoise or Jadeite
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
blue (turquoise)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
Keywords: 

turquesa, teselas

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

xihui(tl), herbs, greens, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

turquesa

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 518r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=115&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Xiuhnel (MH518r)

xihuitl (MH483r)

xihuitl (MH497v)

xihuitl (MH513r)

xihuitl (MH634v)