centzonxochitl (CruzBad41v)

centzonxochitl (CruzBad41v)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This colorful example of iconography shows the herbal remedy called the Centzonxochitl ("400 Flowers"). It is a plant with many branches, lacy green leaves, and small yellow flowers The roots are visible through a lump of soil that surrounds them.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Centzonxochitl

Source Manuscript:

Cruz-Badiano, Codex (CruzBad)

Date of Manuscript:

1552

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Tlatelolco, Mexico City

Semantic Categories:

numbers

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives:

roots are visible

vertical, upright

Keywords:

flowers, flores, plants, plantas, medicinales, hierbales, hierbas, remedies, remedios, pahtli, patli

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

centzon(tli), 400, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/centzontli-0
xochi(tl), flowers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Cuatrocientos Flores

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Dumbarton Oaks, https://www.doaks.org/resources/online-exhibits/epidemics/epidemics-engl...@@images/image. Martín de la Cruz. Libellus de medicinalibus indorum herbis [Cruz-Badiano Codex]. Translated by Juan Badiano. 1552. Fols. 41v–42r.

Image Source, Rights:

Courtesy of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México (CC-BY-NC-ND).

Historical Contextualizing Image: