Centon (MH812r)

Centon (MH812r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Centon (perhaps “Small Ear of Maize” or “Altogether Small”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a small outline of a square, nothing more. Might this be a phonetic indicator for Cen-, from entirely, but here referring to a corn cob with dried kernels (centli, also spelled cintli)?

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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 possibilities
Syntax: 
diminutive (in gloss/text)
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as phonogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Measurements, Quantities
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

entero, cuadro, maíz seco, mazorca pequeña, nombres de hombres

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

cen, entirely, totally, altogether, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cen
cen(tli), dried cobs of maize kernels, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/centli-0
cin(tli), dried cobs of maize kernels, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cintli
ton(tli), small, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tontli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Mazorca Pequeña

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 812r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=698&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: 

cintli (MH537v)

cintli (Verg10r)

cintli (Mdz34r)

Centeotl (MH834v)