citlalin popoca (TR44v)

This example of iconography is supported by the gloss, but we actually drew the noun and verb that represents this scene, citlalin popoca (the star smokes), from our Online Nahuatl Dictionary. What the scene shows is a circular blue sky (ilhuicatl) with a yellow outline. Inside the perimeter of the circle is a ring of small white circles, apparently representing stars in the early format. In the middle of the small white circles is a large, white, eight-point star with a European design. Coming up and off of this large star are six volutes showing smoke. These are dark gray on the outside, orange in the interior, and red at their base.