tonalli (Mglb4v)

This element for a day or the sun [tonalli) has been carved from a cloak featuring five flowers in the Magliabechi Codex.. This glyph for “day” is the central one of the five “flowers.” Note how it compares favorably to the glyph for tonalli from the Codex Mendoza (below). Here, it consists of four circles of different colors, each one containing a smaller, concentric circle of yet a different color. The upper left circle is red with a blue center. The upper right circle is green with a yellow center. The lower left circle is blue with a red center. The lower right circle is yellow with a red center. On the upper left perimeter of the red circle is a small green circle. Another small green circle appears on the lower right perimeter of the yellow circle. If one were to connect these four perimeter circles, the result would be a large X, forming a quincunx. Two vertical red bands run behind the four large circles, one underneath the red and blue circles and one underneath the green and yellow circles. This all appears on a pink background.