miyahuatl (MH554v)

miyahuatl (MH554v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the noun, miyahuatl ("maize tassel-flower"), doubles as the simplex glyph for the personal name, Tomiyauh (see below).

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Corn, Maize

Flowers

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

vertical, upright

Keywords:

maíz, maize, flowers, blossoms, flores

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

miyahua(tl), maize tassel-flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/miyahuatl

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 554v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=188&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).