Cetoch (MH506r)

Cetoch (MH506r)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of a combined simplex glyph and notation for the personal name (and date) Cetoch (One Rabbit, 1-Rabbit) shows a rabbit (tochtli) head in profile facing the viewer's left. It has long ears. Above its head is a black dot representing the number one (ce).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This day sign comes from the tonalpohualli, the 260-day divinatory calendar. Calendrics figure importantly in Nahuas' religious views of the cosmos.

Another example of the date Ce Tochtli, but a year date, given the turquoise color and taken from the Codex Mendoza, appears below. This personal name that coincides with a date is probably a day sign associated with the birth of this person, given that tochtli can be both a year sign and a day sign. We are going along with the fusion of Ce and Tochtli and the dropping of the absolutive, respecting the possible evolution of the name.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

aluso
cetoch|

Gloss Normalization: 

Alonso Cetoch

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
personal name
numbers
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Numbers, Math
Religion (Indigenous)
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
profile view
Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Keywords: 

numbers, números, one, uno, rabbits, conejos, xiuhpohualli, año, turquesa, xihuitl

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

ce, one, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ce
toch(tli), rabbit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tochtli
Ce Tochtli, One Rabbit, a date, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ce-tochtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Uno Conejo, 1-Conejo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 506r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=91&st=image

Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Ce Tochtli (Mdz2r)