quiyahuitl (FCbk4f57v)

This rain seems to consist purely of water, without a cloud. In this way it differs from the quiyahuitl in this same book on folio 28v (see below). That one and this one are both date glyphs, but this one lacks a notation. The text explains that the companion number for this day sign should be eleven (matlactli once). Another date glyph in the Florentine Codex that includes a reference to rain is Chinconquiyahuitl (Seven Rain, or 7-Rain). That one has a hint of a cloud above the rain. Finally, Chicuace Quiyahuitl (folio 21v) is greatly abbreviated, with five tiny clouds with streamlets ending in droplets, but no current lines. This latter one is more glyph-like, whereas the others are verging on painted scenes. In other manuscripts, rain will often be either just short vertical streams that are separated and stand alone, or a single, triangular-shaped, short stream with a droplet at the bottom.