cintli (Verg10r)

cintli (Verg10r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element representing a dried corn cob (cintli), also spelled centli, shows a frontal view of a vertical ear of maize, with the point upward. The segmentation of the kernels help identify the sign.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Dried maize kernels are what is ground up for making dough (masa, in Spanish) for making tortillas, tamales, and the like.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Vergara, Codex (Verg)
Date of Manuscript: 

1539

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

near Tepetlaoztoc, near Tetzcoco

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Corn, Maize
Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
segmented
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

mazorcas, cobs, dried, secas, cintli

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

cen(tli), dried ears or cobs of corn/maize, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/centli-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la mazorca seca

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Vergara, folio 10r, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f27.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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See Also: 

Cen Icuic (Verg10r)

cintli (Mdz34r)

cintli (Mdz34r)

cintli (Mdz34r)

Molcamani (MH608r)