xochicozcatl (FCbk4f59r)

xochicozcatl (FCbk4f59r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing shows a man alongside the flower garlands or necklaces (xochicozcatl) that he has made. The man is wearing clothing that shows European influence (such as sleeves). Many of his works of art are made with flowers that have three obvious petals. Some garlands are long, and some are a more standard necklace length. Also shown are tied bouquets of flowers that were meant to be held in the hand (probably maxochitl).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

We are accepting the reading of this image that is given in the keywords provided by the Getty Research Institute.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Florentine/Florentinus, Codex (FC)

Date of Manuscript:

1577

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flowers

Gender (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

facing left

profile view

tied, bound, or bundled

tripartite

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

flor, flores, collar, collares, necklaces, guirnalda, guirnaldas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xochicozca(tl), a flower garland or necklace, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochicozcat

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

la guirnalda

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Available at Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 11: Earthly Things", fol. 198v, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/198v/images/162cdda3-.... Accessed 19 June 2025.

Image Source, Rights:

Images of the digitized Florentine Codex are made available under the following Creative Commons license: CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International). For print-publication quality photos, please contact the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana ([email protected]). The Library of Congress has also published this manuscript, using the images of the World Digital Library copy. “The Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection. Absent any such restrictions, these materials are free to use and reuse.”

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