centli (MH677v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
The image of these dried maize cobs (centli) is a copy of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cencozcatl (MH677v). It is useful for comparing with other centli and cintli (two ways of expressing the same noun).
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Keywords:
maíz, mazorcas, collares
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
centli, a dried ear of maize, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/centli
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
mazorca
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 677v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=435&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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