nacochtli (FCbk8f56v)

nacochtli (FCbk8f56v)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This iconographic example, featuring ear ornaments (nacochtli) is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making potential comparisons with related hieroglyphs. The term selected for this example comes from the keywords chosen by the team behind the Digital Florentine Codex. There is no gloss. This example shows two gold ear ornaments. The top is large, flat, and round. In Book 8, folio iiv, the hole in the top flat piece is filled with turquoise. This is attached to a short cylinder that would presumably pierce the ear. The text nearby explains that this was a gift that a successful warrior might receive.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

A few examples of ear ornamentation appear below, in some cases, not particularly featured in the way these are highlighted.

Added 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:

Gender (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Metals, Minerals, Mining

War or Conflict

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

yellow or golden

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Keywords:

warrior, warriors, guerreros, joyas para la oreja

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

nacoch(tli), ear plug or flare, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nacochtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

la orejera de oro

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 8: Kings and Lords", fol. 56v, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/8/folio/56v/images/d44ce243-01... Accessed 25 August 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.”

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