miyahuatl (MH885v)

miyahuatl (MH885v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This image of a maize tassel flower (miyahuatl) duplicates the simplex glyph for the personal name Tomiyauh (MH885v).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

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

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Keywords: 

corn tassels, borlas de maíz

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

miyahua(tl), maize tassel flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cozcatl-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

flor de maíz

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 885v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=843&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tomiyauh (MH885v)

miyahuatl (MH507v)