Xinach (MH744v)

Xinach (MH744v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-liine drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xinach (“Seeds”), which is attested here as pertaining to a man. The glyph consists of about a dozen small circles, not filled in, just left natural inside.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Another Xinach glyph in this collection shows maize kernels still on a cob. When the kernels are off the cob, that is when they seem to be called tlaolli. See below.

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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
Keywords: 

semillas, nombres de hombres

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

xinach(tli), plant seed, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xinachtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Semillas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 744v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=567&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: 

Xinach (MH775v)

tlaolli (Mdz10v)

tlaolli (Mdz2v)