Below is an index of the Aztec illustrations from the Florentine Codex that may be found in Sister Stories. They are listed alphabetically by the name of the "page" (or lexia) where they are located. Each item in the Illustration Index is annotated with a brief description, and also provides its location within the Florentine Codex. Further, each item name below is a link to that place in the text. PLEASE NOTE: If you follow the link out into Sister Stories to see the illustration, and then wish immediately to return here to the Index, you will need to use the "BACK" button on your browser. Index of Aztec Illustrations "A boy's life": VIII, fig. 70: Regalia for dancing. The scene shows two young men (short lock of hair in back, pre-warrior, post-Izcalli ritual) modelling capes with different patterns at the bottom. The items are: a rhythm instrument; the standing drum played with the hands, huehuetl; the horizontal drum on its stand, the teponaztli, played with drumsticks; second row two flutes; third row a ceremonial axe, a shell trumpet, and a feather standard; between the two young men, a rattle (maraca), sounding chamber at lower right, and a pair of drumsticks; behind the right-hand boy, a feathered necklace and feathered cape. The text accompanying the illustration in Sister Stories includes both a general characterization of young men, and also a description of the regalia reserved for the tlatoani, which are the same items used and noted in the cuicalli scene. "Adulthood": Codex Xolotl. Not the Florentine Codex, as are the others. This is an image from a post-hispanic manuscript, showing family relations among a group of late ruling families. The accompanying text in Sister Stories indicates that the Aztecs expected a mature man or woman to accept that adulthood is work. "A girl's life": FC VIII, fig. 75: Weaving tools. The tools shown are (top left to bottom right by rows): the leashes of the backstrap loom; the belt of the loom (extending along the right margin for 5 rows); the weaving sword; sticks used like heddles to raise threads for pattern, here in a bundle; two battens (? uncertain about the upper one); coarse and fine threads, maguey (century plant) and cotton fiber respectively; maguey on a spindle whorl, large whorl size common to this coarser thread; the warping frame used to set up the warp; work basket with dyed cotton thread; work basket with spinning cup, used to stabilize spindle end, especially for cotton thread. "Aztec child": FC X, fig. 24. Shows four male figures, labeled a, b, c, d. Accompanying text describes idealized children of four ages, plus the Aztec words for those general ages. Sets of four such as this are typical Mesoamerican phenomena. The four terms describing the children's ages are not limited to boys, since the vocabulary for children doesn't discriminate sex. "Aztec midwife": FC X fig 166. "ailments of nursing": shows the midwife treating the young mother. The accompanying text gives a general description of the woman healer. Ticitl is the word for woman healer specifically. The sweat bath is strongly associated with these women. "Aztec mother": FC X, fig. 157. "The snuffles": shows a mother treating a baby for this childhood illness. The accompanying text describes the symptoms and treatment. The wordYacazozoloniliztli which begins the text for "the mother" is the Nahuatl word for snuffles: yaca means nose; iztli at the end of the word is a noun ending; and zozolonil is the snuffles part. Onomatopoeia? " Birth": FC VI, figure 28: A mother or midwife and new infant with the diviner, who chooses the "official" day of birth according to the day signs. This image is also the title screen graphic for Sister Stories. "Cuicacalli": FC VIII, 14; fig 69: Young men dancing. Accompanying text is a description of the activity and their costumes; compare the net capes and the heron feather ornaments. "People": Same image as "Adulthood" above, but the accompanying text helps to identity the people in the illustration as individuals, as named actors with specific roles, and as members of different city-states. "Temple": FC VIII, fig 56: A temple on fire; the accompanying text in the Codex describes the burning of a specific, named building at a named place, with some detail about the wooden architectural elements catching fire. "Things": FC VIII, fig. 96: Goods displayed in the market place; shows a male and a female seller and a male buyer. The man in the upper half is selling household pottery; the circle in the center of the lower row, for example, is a comal, or griddle; the jar at right is a water jar. The woman at the bottom is selling luxuries: finely woven cloths, beads on a string (blown up to human size), cacao beans at the lower right. The accompanying text is an abridged description of an Aztec marketplace. "Youth": FC VIII fig. 74. Young women showing distinctions in hair treatment. Text accompanying this illustration in the Florentine codex describes clothing, teeth, skin, and hair. We chose to use the text concerning hair because the variations named here mark formal life stages.