cuauhpitzalli (FCbk12f47v)

This iconographic example, featuring a black and white sketch of a Spaniard playing a wooden flute (cuauhpitzalli), 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 on the page preceding the image in the Digital Florentine Codex. There is no gloss, per se. This example shows a frontal view of the musician who is playing the wooden flute. He wears a helmet with four large plumes, a belted tunic with buttoned sleeves, and knee-high, buttoned boots. A sword hands from his back (behind him). With both hands on the flute, and his fingers on the holes, he is in the act of playing (movement). The contextualizing image shows that this flute player is being accompanied by a Spanish drummer. He is in a frontal view, but his head is turned to the left, looking at the flautist.