centzontli (Osu2v)
This simplex glyph that serves as a notation comes from folio 2 verso (image 7) of the Codex Osuna. It shows a tree-like shape that stands for the number 400 (centzontli). It is a drawing in black lines that has an added pink wash over it. Perhaps it is meant to be a pine tree, and the number of needles could approximate 400. It is not clear. A tzontli, besides being 400, is also a large hank of hair, almost impossible to count. This simplex glyph standing for a notation, however, does not look like human hair.
Stephanie Wood
1551–1565
Jeff Haskett-Wood
números, cuatrocientos, pelo, árboles, notación
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centzon(tli), 400, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/centzontli
cuatrocientos, o 400
Stephanie Wood
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.
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