tlantli (FCbk10f77v)

This iconographic example, featuring human teeth (tlantli), is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making comparisons with related hieroglyphs. The term selected for this example comes from the text on the same page as the image in the Digital Florentine Codex. There is no gloss, per se. This example shows three, rectagonal, white teeth with a row of red color at their base, apparently representing a gum line. These teeth sit on the ground, which is covered with green grass. Having a ground shows European artistic influence. The contextualizing image includes a man in a ¾ view, facing left, toward the teeth on the ground, but he is focused on putting a short stick or pick up to his own teeth, which are visible. He is wearing a white cotton, belted, long-sleeve tunic with ruffles on the wrists. He also has calf-length pants. These are European-style garments and they are shaded to show three-dimensionality, another European artistic influence.