itoa (FCbk4f19v)

itoa (FCbk4f19v)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

We are classifying this as an iconographic example of speech. The text that accompanies this illustration refers to "that which was said" (in mitoa, or in mihtoa, if it were to include the glottal stop). Two speech scrolls emerge from the mouth of a man with a notable hairstyle and ornamentation on his ear and below his lip. He wears a red and white cape (tilmatli) tied at his shoulder.

Regarding the speech scrolls, one curls up and one curls down. Dots appear between the scrolls, seemingly adding both movement and visual sound.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

in mitoa

Source Manuscript: 
Florentine/Florentinus, Codex (FC)
Date of Manuscript: 

1577

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
verb
visible sound
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Mouth/Beak Open
Movement
Religion (Indigenous)
Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
gray
red
tan
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
dotted, granular, textured
facing right
profile view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
volute(s)
Keywords: 

volutas, hablar

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

itoa, to say, to speak, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itoa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

hablar, decir

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_10615?/sp=40&st=image

Image Source, Rights: 

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. Researchers are encouraged to review the source information attached to each item. If you do publish anything from this database, please cite the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tequitlato (MH580v)

Icnotlatoa (MH522r)

Oyohual (MH493v)