huauhtli (MH577r)

huauhtli (MH577r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for huauhtli (amaranth) doubles as the personal name glyph, Cuauh (see below). The huauhtli is the branch on the viewer's right with lots of short horizontal lines.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
hua (from huauhtli, amaranth)
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

plants, plantas

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

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

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 577r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=233&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: 

Cuauh (MH577r)

huauhtli (Mdz37r)

huauhtli (Mdz20v)

huauhtli (Verg10r)

huauhtli (Verg12r)

Huauhtli (MH784v)