nochtli (MH491r)

nochtli (MH491r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Nochhuetl doubles here as an example of the nochtli, cactus fruit. It is rounded and spiny. It has the remnant of a flower at the top.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Flowers
Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

José Aguayo-Barragán and Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
spiny
circle, circular or rounded
Keywords: 

fruits, frutas, tunas, plantas, nopales

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

nochtli, prickly-pear cactus fruit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nochtli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 491r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=61&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: 

nochtli (Mdz38r)