chiyan (Mdz36r)

chiyan (Mdz36r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is an iconographic example of chia seeds (chiyan or chiyantli) from the Codex Mendoza. It appears as small groups of black dots.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

chian

Gloss Normalization: 

chiyan

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
dotted, granular, textured
Keywords: 

chia, chiya, chien, chiyen

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

chiyan(tli), chia, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiyantli
chiyan, chia, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiyan

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

chia

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 36 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 82 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)