iczotl (FCbk11f114v)

iczotl (FCbk11f114v)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This iconographic example, featuring a type of yucca (iczotl), 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 bush with three branches, each one covered with small green leaves.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This image does not resemble a yucca, which is a fibrous plant that produces material for weaving. See below for other examples of the iczotl, two of which resemble palms.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

Icçotl

Gloss/Text Normalization:

iczotl

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Florentine/Florentinus, Codex (FC)

Date of Manuscript:

1577

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

green (light)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

plantas, yucas, fibra, fibras, textiles

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

iczo(tl), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iczotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

la yuca, o la palmera de las montañas

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 11: Earthly Things", fol. 114v, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/114v/images/0 Accessed 16 October 2025.

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.”

Orthography:

"ç" for z or tz

Historical Contextualizing Image: