Xinach (MH775v)

Xinach (MH775v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xinach ("Seed") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows a frontal view of an upright, leaf-shaped, corn cob with the kernels showing. The "seed" (from xinachtli) apparently refers to the kernels (often called tlaolli).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

gabriel xinach

Gloss Normalization: 

Gabriel Xinach

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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 (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
leaf, marquise, pointed oval
frontal view
pointed (see also spiky)
segmented
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

semillas, granos de maíz, nombres de hombres

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

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Semilla

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 775v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=625&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: 

Tequicen (MH537v)

Tequicen (MH618v)

cintli (Mdz34r)

tlaolli (Mdz2v)

tlaolli (Mdz36r)

tlaolli (Mdz10v)

Xinach (MH744v)