caxtolli pesos (Chav1)

caxtolli pesos (Chav1)
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This notation represents the number 15 and refers to pesos. It is part of a count of tributes presented by the pueblo of Huexotzinco (today, Huejotzingo). The fifteen comprises a crescent shape (10) plus a red circle (5), something of a mathematical equation. The use of red seems to relate to the fact that this was a final total. Earlier counts are in black.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Interestingly, the glyph for "bowl-lipped" shows a crescent much like this, and in that glyph the bowl is a caxitl. So, the crescent-shaped bowl seems to have been chosen in Huexotzinco for the phonetic value "cax-" from caxitl, providing the starting sound for caxtolli.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

castolli.

Gloss Normalization:

caxtolli

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Chavero, Codex (Chav)

Date of Manuscript:

1578

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

numbers

phonetic dimensions

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Markets, Commerce, Economy

Money, Coins, Prices

Numbers, Math

Tributes, Taxation, Service

Colors:

red

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

frontal view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

monedas, matemáticas, números, dinero, quince, fifteen

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

caxtol(li), fifteen, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/caxtolli
peso, a peso, a unit of money, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/peso
cax(itl), bowl, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/caxitl-0

Image Source:

The Codex Chavero of Huexotzinco (or Códice Chavero de Huexotzinco), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_03246_001/?sp=1

Image Source, Rights:

The Codex Chavero of Huexotzinco (or Códice Chavero de Huexotzinco) is held by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México. It is published online by the World Digital Library and the Library of Congress, which is “unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection.”

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