tequizqui (TR32r)

tequizqui (TR32r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This multicolored painting is an iconographic example of tequizqui (snow or hail). It consists of numerous dots all around a temple, people, a tree and more. On both sides of the scene, the hail or snow takes the shape of streams falling down, something like water, but without droplets, shells, or lines of current.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Death, decay, decomposition
Plants, Flora
Weather, Climate
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
blue (turquoise)
green (light)
red
tan
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
dotted, granular, textured
facing downward
facing left
facing right
facing upward
frontal view
profile view
rectangular
Keywords: 

nieves, heladas, congelación, muertes, mortandad

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

tequizqui, snow or hail, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tequizqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

nieves

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: 

Tequizquiac (Mdz4v)

Tequizquiac (Mdz29r)

tequizqui (Mdz29r)

tequizqui (Mdz4v)

tequizqui (TR32r)