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tepozcuauhtecpantli.

Headword: 
tepozcuauhtecpantli.
Principal English Translation: 

an iron grille for a church, or an iron balcony (see Molina), inherently reflecting European influence; this may have had a pre-contact antecedent in the cuauhtecpantli, which appears frequently in hieroglyphs in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco (SW)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuzquauhtecpantli, tepozquauhtecpantli
Alonso de Molina: 

tepuzquauhtecpantli. rexa de hierro de yglesia o varandas de hierro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 104r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Metals, Mining
See also: 
cuauhtecpantli.