capolin (CQ)

capolin (CQ)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for a Mexican cherry-like tree, the capolin, shows a long trunk that is left unpainted. At the top is a clump of green foliage. The foliage is mixed with small round fruits that are left unpainted.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This tree has long had medicinal uses, as shown in our Online Nahuatl Dictionary. It was apparently prevalent in Capollan ("Near the Capolin Trees"). The Codex Mendoza glyphs for capolin show that the fruit of the capolin is red (below).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Quetzalecatzin, Codex (CQ)
Date of Manuscript: 

covers ruling men and women of Tecamachalco through 1593

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

southern Puebla state

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

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
vertical, upright
Other Cultural Influences: 
Ñuu Savi (Mixtec)
Keywords: 

trees, árboles, plants, plantas, fruits, frutas

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

capol(in), an Indigenous cherry tree, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/capolin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el capulín

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Ofelia Cruz Morales

Image Source: 

The Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/

Image Source, Rights: 

The Library of Congress, current custodian of this pictorial Mexican manuscript, hosts

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

capolin (Mdz33r)

capolin (Mdz10r)