ochpaniztli (TR3r)

ochpaniztli (TR3r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This example of the pulque festival and month in the xiuhpohualli that is called ochpaniztli is included here as an example of iconography for use in comparisons with hieroglyphic writing. It provides examples of what we might call a war shield (chimalli) and arrows (mitl), spindles (malacatl), shells (cilin), sandals (cactli), and more.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

ochpaniztl

Gloss Normalization:

ochpaniztli

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Telleriano-Remensis, Codex (TR)

Date of Manuscript:

ca. 1550–1563

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Semantic Categories:

calendrics

month name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Feathers

Flags, banners

Gender (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Plants, Flora

Religion (Indigenous)

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

brooms, feathers, shields, spinning, banners, escobas, plumas, escudos, hilado, textiles, banderas, sandalias, sandals, xo, cactli

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Ochpaniztli, a month of 20 days, related to sweeping and plant regeneration, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ochpaniztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

(nombre de un mes de veinte días relacionado con la barrida y la regeneración de plantas)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 3 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f31.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights:

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Orthography:

dropped "i"