Centlal (MH666v)

Centlal (MH666v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Centlal (perhaps “Gathered Corn Cobs”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a bird’s eye view of four ears of corn (centli, also spelled cintli) stripped of their husks. They are surrounded by dots, perhaps soil (tlalli).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This glyph includes both nouns (centli and tlalli) and seems to represent the verb, centlalia, as well, making it both logographic and phonographic.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
verb
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Corn, Maize
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
segmented
dotted, granular, textured
bird's eye view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
inherent/internal/merged
Keywords: 

maíz juntado, elotes, tierra, nombres de hombres

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

cen(tli), corn on the cob, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/centli-0
centlalil(li), a pile of ears of corn, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/centlalilli
centlalia, to gather together, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/centlalia

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Mazorcas Juntadas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 666v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=413&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: 

Tequicen (MH618r)

Tequicen (MH618v)

cintli (Verg10r)