xihuitl (CQ)

xihuitl (CQ)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This compound glyph for the word xihuitl, referring to a year in this case, is also painted turquoise blue, a color that is sometimes called xihuitl. Thus the glyph can be counted as a compound, if the circle for the year is one element and the color another

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Quetzalecatzin, Codex (CQ)
Date of Manuscript: 

covers ruling men and women of Tecamachalco through 1593

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

southern Puebla state

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Color names
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
blue (turquoise)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
Other Cultural Influences: 
Mixtec
Keywords: 

years, años, time, tiempo, colores, turquesa, xiuhpohualli, turquesa, xihuitl

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

xihui(tl), year, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl
xihui(tl), herbs and greenish things, or the color turquoise blue/green; https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el año (y el color, turquesa)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

The Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/

Image Source, Rights: 

The Library of Congress, current custodian of this pictorial Mexican manuscript, hosts a digital version online. It is not copyright protected.

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

xihuitl (T1871:1)