Centilma (MH699r)

Centilma (MH699r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Centilma (perhaps “Corncob Cape” or “One Cape”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a rectangular cape (tilmatli) with lines showing three-dimensionality in the upper corners. In the middle of the cape is a drawing of a corncob or an ear of maize (centli or cintli). This seems to be a literal description of the cape (as having a maize design). It tilma had an absolutive, one might think it could be Ce Tilmatli (One Cape), which would make the maize cob (centli) phonetic for the number one (ce). But that seems unlikely given the absence of an absolutive suffix on tilma.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The drawing of the corncob is very much like others from this same manuscript, as is the tilmatli. See other examples below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

simū çetilmā

Gloss Normalization: 

Simón Centilma

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Writing Features: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

maíz, mazorcas, textiles, tilmas, capas, telas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Capa de Mazorcas o Una Capa

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 699r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=478&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).

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