Ce Calli (CQ)

Ce Calli (CQ)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This combined simplex glyph with a notation stands for a day sign that is the personal name Ce Calli (One House, or 1-House). It has two notable elements. One is a small circle filled with red paint, which stands for the number one. The other element is a small house in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. The house is largely uncolored except for a horizontal beam that seems to be yellow or golden, probably indicating wood.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The contextualizing image shows that the person who has this name is an elite male who wears a cape and sits in the typical male posture with his knees up under his chin. Calli is both a year and a day sign in the Mesoamerican calendar, and individuals could be given this name if they were born on the indicated date. The color red for the notation may suggest that the color pattern for ones in notations from the Codex Quetzalecatzin starts with red. Sometimes it appears that way in other examples we have. This name comes from the tonalpohualli, the 260-day divinatory calendar. Calendrics were an important element in the Nahuas' and Mixtecs' religious views of the cosmos.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Quetzalecatzin, Codex (CQ)
Date of Manuscript: 

covers ruling men and women of Tecamachalco through 1593

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

southern Puebla state

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
day name
year name
personal name
Syntax: 
adjective
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Numbers, Math
Religion (Indigenous)
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Randall Rodríguez

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
red
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
facing right
profile view
rectangular
right angle(s)
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Other Cultural Influences: 
Mixtec
Keywords: 

one, uno, house, casa, names, nombres, dates, fechas, buildings, edificios, numbers, números, xiuhpohualli, año, turquesa, xihuitl

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

cal(li), house/building, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/calli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Uno Casa, 1-Casa

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

The Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/

Image Source, Rights: 

The Library of Congress, current custodian of this pictorial Mexican manuscript, hosts a digital version online. It is not copyright protected.

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Ce Calli (Mdz2r)

calli (CQ)

ce (CQ)