cintli (Mdz34r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This element has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Cincozcac.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Added Analysis, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest
Syntax:
Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Colors:
Shapes and Perspectives:
Keywords:
corn, maize, maíz, cobs, mazorcas, , centli
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
cin(tli), dried ears of maize or corn, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cintli
Additional Scholars' Interpretations:
dried maize
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 34 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 78 of 188.
Image Source, Rights:
The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).
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