huauhtli (Mdz20v)

huauhtli (Mdz20v)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is an iconographic example of huauhtli that might serve to compare to glyphs. Here, as with many grants, small black dots represent the seeds that are eaten.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

These seeds are listed as part of the same container that has black beans.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

de guauh
tli / semilla

Gloss Normalization: 

de huauhtli, semilla

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

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

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black
Keywords: 

grains, amaranto

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

huauh(tli), amaranth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huauhtli

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 27 verso, https://codicemendoza.inah.gob.mx/inicio.php?lang=english.

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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Huauhtli (MH784v)