huauhtli (Mdz20v)
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.
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These seeds are listed as part of the same container that has black beans.
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de guauh
tli / semilla
de huauhtli, semilla
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by 1553 at the latest
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grains, amaranto
![](https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/huauhtli27vICON.png?itok=9eNWA_vN)
huauh(tli), amaranth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huauhtli
Codex Mendoza, folio 27 verso, https://codicemendoza.inah.gob.mx/inicio.php?lang=english.
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).
![](https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/sites/default/files/huauhtli37rContext_0.png)