xilotl (TR26r)

xilotl (TR26r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for a tender maize cob [xilotl shows a frontal view of a full corn plant with one red ear of maize with yellow silk. The plant is white, but it also has a yellow tassel that curves toward the viewer's right.

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

ca. 1550–1563

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Corn, Maize
Food, Eating, Cooking
Colors: 
red
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
facing right
frontal view
Keywords: 

maize, corn, maíz, tierno, tender, green, plantas, plantas, agricultura

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

xilo(tl), tender ear of green maize, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xilotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la mazorca tierna, el jilote, el elote

Image Source: 

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 26 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f77.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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See Also: 

xilotl (Mdz26r)

Xilotl (MH507v)

Elotl (MH759r)