Molca (MH681r)

Molca (MH681r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Molca (“Underdeveloped Ear of Maize”) is attested here as a woman’s name. The glyph shows a small ear of corn, shucked, but with the kernels intact.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See below for other glyphs pointing to different types of ears of maize

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Corn, Maize
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

maíz, mazorcas, nombres de mujeres

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

molca(tl), a secondary ear of maize that never develops fully, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/molcatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Mazorca Subdesarrollada

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 681r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=442&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).

Orthography: 
"th" for t, d, or gd
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

xilotl (MH487r)

Elotl (MH745v)

cintli (Verg10r)

Xinach (MH775v)