aquiztli (CruzBad41v)

aquiztli (CruzBad41v)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This colorful example of iconography shows the herbal remedy called the Aquiztli (a botanical term for a medicinal plant, Paullinia fuscescens H.B.K., of the tobacco family). It is a plant with pink and green leaves and pairs of spiky flowers with tiny pink dots. The brown roots are visible in the ball of dirt that surrounds them.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The "h" that appears in the gloss may be a glottal stop, but many publications do not include the "h" when naming the plant. This plant is listed as a hallucinogenic plant. (See: Jan G.R. Elferink, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 20:4 (1988), 427-435.)

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Ahquiztli

Gloss Normalization:

aquiztli

Source Manuscript:

Cruz-Badiano, Codex (CruzBad)

Date of Manuscript:

1552

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Tlatelolco, Mexico City

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flowers

Health, Medicine

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives:

roots are visible

vertical, upright

Keywords:

flowers, flores, plants, plantas, medicinales, hierbas, remedies, remedios, pahtli, patli

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

aquiz(tli), a plant of the tobacco family, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/aquiztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

cierta hierba medicinal

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Dumbarton Oaks, https://www.doaks.org/resources/online-exhibits/epidemics/epidemics-engl...@@images/image. Martín de la Cruz. Libellus de medicinalibus indorum herbis [Cruz-Badiano Codex]. Translated by Juan Badiano. 1552. Fols. 41v–42r.

Image Source, Rights:

Courtesy of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México (CC-BY-NC-ND).

Historical Contextualizing Image: