chilli (T1871:1)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This simplex glyph for a chile pepper (chilli) shows a vertical red pepper with the point upward and green stem down. The pepper curves somewhat.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Gloss Image:
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:
ychilmil
Gloss Normalization:
ichilmil
Gloss Analysis, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1558
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Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
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Keywords:
peppers, chiles
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
chilli, chile, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chilli
Image Source:
Single-page codex, Archivo General de la Nación, México, Ramo de Tierras, vol. 1871, exp. 1, fol. 28r.
Image Source, Rights:
The Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), México, holds the original manuscript. This image is published here under a Creative Commons license, asking that you cite the AGN and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.
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