cuauhnanamaca (FCbk10f59r)

This iconographic example, featuring the verb “to sell wood” (cuauhnanamaca), is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making comparisons with related hieroglyphs. The term selected for this example comes from the text near the image in the Digital Florentine Codex. There is no gloss, per se. This example shows a fully clothed man in a ¾ view, facing left. His clothing is shaded, giving it a three-dimensionality, a European artistic tradition. A small speech scroll emitting from his mouth suggests some degree of status for having a voice. Being fully dressed in a European style also supports this. The wood seller holds an axe in his right hand. Next to him is a work table, and on the ground near his feet are four planks of varying sizes that he has made and is likely selling, according to the Nahuatl text. The reduplication in the verb (-nana-) does not seem necessary, but perhaps the intention is to convey a quantity of wood, and the visuals offer several pieces of varying size. The verb nanamaca, to sell water, does not seem relevant here.