centli (Verg10r)

centli (Verg10r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element of the noun centli (dried maize cob) has been carved from the compound glyph for the personal name Cen Icuic (Verg10r).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Vergara, Codex (Verg)
Date of Manuscript: 

1539

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Tepetlaoztoc, near Tetzcoco

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Corn, Maize
Food, Eating, Cooking
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

maize, maíz

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: 

Codex Vergara, folio 10r, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f27.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cen Icuic (Verg10r)

centli (MH638r)

centli (Verg17v)