tlaltoca (FCbk4f72r)

This iconographic contribution from the Digital Florentine Codex shows a man in profile, facing right, who is planting seeds, dropping them from his right hand onto a little area of soil that he has prepared with a digging stick that he holds (vertically, point downward) in his left hand. This is not a glyph, but it is included here as a scene that shows the use of the huictli (digging stick) and the method of planting maize kernels (tlaolli). Surrounding images show the maize plants (toctli or ohuatl) once they have grown tall and then when the plants have produced cobs. The cultivator wears a loincloth and a cloth tied around his neck. The latter could be a tilmatli (cloak); perhaps it has been thrown back over his shoulder to keep it out of the way of working the soil. The tlacuilo employs shading for three-dimensionality, which shows European stylistic influence.