cintli (Mdz34r)

cintli (Mdz34r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Cincozcac. A cintli (also spelled centli) is an ear of maize whose kernels have been allowed to dry. This one has a green base and stem and rows of yellow kernels.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Corn, Maize
Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Xitlali Torres

Colors: 
green (light)
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
leaf, marquise, pointed oval
vertical, upright
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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la mazorca

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).

See Also: 

Cincozcac (Mdz34r)