tequizqui (TR32r)

tequizqui (TR32r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This example of the iconography of a freeze, frost, or snowfall (which we are labeling tequizqui, but which also could be cepayahuitl) shows a bird's eye view of waves of dots representing ice/snow mixed with rain (quiyahuitl).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The contextualizing image shows that this freeze took place in 1447. It shows bodies in disarray with their eyes closed, which tells us that they died from the cold. This comes from the annals section of the Codex Telleriano-Remensis.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

nieues

Gloss Normalization: 

nieves

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Telleriano-Remensis, Codex (TR)
Date of Manuscript: 

ca. 1550–1563

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Celestial Phenomena
Weather, Climate
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
blue (turquoise)
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
disarray
dotted, granular, textured
bird's eye view
rectangular
spotted or mottled
Keywords: 

ice, hielo, snow, nieve, frost, escarchas, death, mortandad

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

tequizqui, something hard, e.g. piece of snow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tequizqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

las nieves, las heladas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 32 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f89.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

quiyahuitl (Mdz8r)

tequizqui (Mdz29r)

tequizqui (Mdz4v)