Cemolotl (MH651v)

Cemolotl (MH651v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cemolotl is attested here as a man's name.

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
numbers
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Numbers, Math
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
segmented
vertical, upright
frontal view
Keywords: 

números, maíz, leaf shape, nombres de hombres

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

ce, one, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ce
cem, one, or entire one, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ce
olo(tl), a counter, or an ear of corn without the kernels, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/olotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Uno, o Una Mazorca

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 651v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=385&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: 

Ce Acatl (TR14v)

Ce Coatl (MH519r)

Ce Imol (MH520r)

Ce Coatl (MH521v)

Tequicen (MH537v)

cintli (Mdz34r)