Citlaltepetl (FCbk12f48r)

Citlaltepetl (FCbk12f48r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This iconographic example, featuring a black and white sketch of “At Star Mountain” (Citlaltepec), is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making comparisons with related hieroglyphs. The term selected for this example comes from the text near the image in the Digital Florentine Codex. There is no gloss, per se. This example shows a peak in a landscape setting. An European-style, eight-point star sits on the top of the mountain.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The Citlaltepec that appears in the Codex Mendoza is a Nahuatl hieroglyph for tepetl (bell-shaped, green, with a red and yellow slit at the base from which spring water could flow) and a black covering on the peak that has white circular shapes (stars, citlalin).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image: 
Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription: 

citlaltepec

Gloss/Text Normalization: 

Citlaltepec

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Florentine/Florentinus, Codex (FC)
Date of Manuscript: 

1577

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Semantic Categories: 
place name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Landscape Features
Names (places)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
shading and parallel line hatching
three-dimensionality
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

volcán, volcanes, volcanos, mountains, peaks, picos

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

Citlaltepec, “At Star Mountain,” a place name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/Citlaltepec

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

En la Montaña de la Estrella (o las Estrellas)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Available at Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 12: Conquest of Mexico", fol. 48r, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/12/folio/48r/images/0 Accessed 7 February 2026.

Image Source, Rights: 

Images of the digitized Florentine Codex are made available under the following Creative Commons license: CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International). For print-publication quality photos, please contact the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana ([email protected]). The Library of Congress has also published this manuscript, using the images of the World Digital Library copy. “The Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection. Absent any such restrictions, these materials are free to use and reuse.”

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Citlaltepec (Mdz17v)