tecomatl (FCbk10f107v)

tecomatl (FCbk10f107v)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

his iconographic example, featuring an earthenware cup (tecomatl) with a stem, is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making 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 a healer preparing a remedy using this large cup and a mortar or a stirring stick inside it. The text explains that this man is preparing a remedy for a cough.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Nahuatl hieroglyphs for healers referred to by the term tlama, typically involve an earthenware vessel that looks more like a jug or pot than a cup. But they generally do have a stirring stick in them. See some examples below.

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)

Health, Medicine

Pottery, Earthenware

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

Shapes and Perspectives:

3/4 view

facing left

Keywords:

vasijas, ollas, jarras, médicos, curanderos

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tecoma(tl), an earthenware cup or vessel, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecomatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

la vasija de barro

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 10: The People", fol. 107v, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/10/folio/107v/images/0 Accessed 30 September 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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