tetzauhcihuatl (FCBk10F40r)

tetzauhcihuatl (FCBk10F40r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a multicolored painting of the compound glyph for the noun tetzauhcihuatl (perhaps "Someone's Spinning Woman" or "Omen Woman"). It shows a pair of lips (tentli), which may be included as a phonetic indicator for the start of the name, Te-. The next part part of the name is represented by a spindle, apparently referring semantically to a spinner (tetzauhqui). Finally, the head of a woman (cihuatl) appears to the left of the lips, completing the compound. If this is not meant as a spinning woman, then she is associated with omens (tezahuitl).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Florentine/Florentinus, Codex (FC)
Date of Manuscript: 

1577

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Dreams, Visions
Gender (female)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
blue (turquoise)
green (light)
tan
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
3
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
right to left
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

tetzauhcihua(tl), adulteress, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetzauhcihuatl
tzauhqui, weaver, spinner, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzauhqui.
tetzahui(tl), omen, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetzahuitl
cihua(tl), woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihuatl

Image Source: 

Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_10615?/sp=40&st=image

Image Source, Rights: 

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