Xiloman (TR36v)

Xiloman (TR36v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This colorful compound glyph for the personal name Xiloman ("Like An Ear of Corn," attested here as a man's name) shows a left hand reaching in from the left and grasping the green stem of an ear of corn. The ear is yellow and has two short, parallel, vertical stripes. Flowing off to the left of the top of the cob is some thick red silk. A mesh pattern appears at the ends of the silk.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The hash marks on the ear of corn are reminiscent of the marks on tortillas, raising the possibility of an iconographic sign relating to maize.

As the contextualizing image shows, this man was a ruler of Culhuacan. He is seated, shown in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. He wears a decorated cape with turquoise and red trim, an indication of his status.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Telleriano-Remensis, Codex (TR)
Date of Manuscript: 

ca. 1550–1563

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Corn, Maize
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Names (places)
Plants, Flora
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
green (light)
red
tan
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
facing right
hash marks (maize connection)
frontal view
profile view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Keywords: 

manos, maíz, mazorcas, elotes, nombres_ gobernantes, tecuhtli, tecutli, teuctli, tlahtoani, tlatoani

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

xilo(tl), tender maize cob, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xilotl
ma(itl), hand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maitl
mani, to extend out, be located, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mani
-man(i), in the manner of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mani-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

A la Manera de Un Elote

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 36 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f98.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tlaxcalli (Mdz42r)

tlaxcalli (Mdz66r)

cintli (Mdz49r)