Cima (MH520r)

Cima (MH520r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Cima ("Wild Potato," attested as a man's name), shows a symmetrical group of three root vegetables (cimatl). The roots have a round bulbous shape with a somewhat skinny part lowest down. Above the roots are three sprigs of what would be greenery. The roots have some shading, suggesting the light source is coming from the right. This shading suggests European stylistic influence.

Added Analysis: 

Apparently, this is both a wild potato (cimatl) and a medicinal plant (cimapatli or cimapahtli, with the glottal stop), which has been abbreviated in the name.

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

xpooual çima

Gloss Normalization: 

Cristobal Cima

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Plants, Flora
Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
shading and parallel line hatching
roots are visible
three-dimensionality
tripartite
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

roots, raíces, plantas, plants, medicinas, herbs, hierbas

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

cima(tl), an edible root of an herb, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cimatl
cimapah(tli), medicinal plant of the bean family the root of which can be used to induce vomiting, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cimapahtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Raíz o Tubérculo Comestible

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 520r, World Digital Library.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=119&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: 

Cima (MH531r)

Cimatl (MH575r)

camotl (Mdz44r)

Cima (MH626v)

Cimatl (MH638r)

Cima (MH660r)

Cima (MH756r)

Cima (MH812v)