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: 
See Also: 

centzonxochitl (CruzBad41v)