caxtolli (Osu1v)

caxtolli (Osu1v)
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This notation from the Codex Osuna, folio 1 verso (Image 5), shows three horizontal groups of circles, each group with five small circles. Each group of five is underlined to connect the circles. The left two groups also have a swirling line above that links them. Each small circle is a beige or tan color (probably watercolor). In Huexotzinco, fifteen could look like a crescent moon with both tips pointing upward.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

One could teach this notation as a math lesson, 3 x 5 = 15.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Son quinze

Gloss Normalization: 

son quince

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Osuna, Codex (Osu)
Date of Manuscript: 

1551–1565

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Semantic Categories: 
numbers
Syntax: 
line connecting elements
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Numbers, Math
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
tan
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
horizontal
Keywords: 

números, uno, cinco, quince, matemáticas, notación

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

caxtol(li), fifteen, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/caxtolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Quince

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Library of Congress Online Catalog and the World Digital Library, Osuna Codex, or Painting of the Governor, Mayors, and Rulers of Mexico (Pintura del Gobernador, Alcaldes y Regidores de México), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_07324/. The original is located in the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

caxtolli pesos (Chav1)

Tencax (MH604r)