cuemitl (MH497v)

cuemitl (MH497v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph is a bird's eye view of an agricultural field called a cuemitl ("cultivated field"), which doubles as the glyph for the personal name Cuentlan. This supposed personal name actually resembles a place name that refers to being near a cuemitl. The glyph is a square parcel divided in half on a diagonal. The upper right half is white with black dots, as though planted. The lower left half is black, as though possibly having been burned.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Landscape Features
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
spotted or mottled
rectangular
diagonal or angled
bird's eye view
Keywords: 

sementeras, parcelas, agricultura

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

cuem(itl), furrow, cultivated field, perhaps chinampa, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuemitl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 497v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=74&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).

See Also: 

Cuentlan (MH497v)