tlaoctacatiloni (FCbk10f52r)

This iconographic example, featuring a Roman-style scale or balance (tlaoctacatiloni), is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making comparisons with related hieroglyphs. The term selected for this example comes from the keywords chosen by the team behind the Digital Florentine Codex. There is no gloss. This example shows a European scale with two pans suspended from a horizontal bar. The bar is also suspended by ropes or cords. Some parts may be metal and some may be wooden. The contextualizing image shows men–perhaps Spaniards, or Nahuas who have adopted Spanish-style dress–involved in weighing sacks of wheat (trigo, a loanword from Spanish, or Caxtillan tlaolli, a partial loanword). To measure is tlamachihua. The wheat seller is called a trigonamacac.