chicome (CQ)

chicome (CQ)
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This notational sign has been carved from the compound glyph for the place name, Chicome Mazatl (Seven Deer, 7-Deer. The first element in the place name, chicon- is the combining form for the number chicome, seven (which is five, chico-, plus two, ome. The number seven is shown as a series of round black dots four up and four to the left, with one dot shared at the corner (a right angle), for a total of seven.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

It is interesting that this arrangement of the dots representing ones is not 5 + 2; rather, the arrangement reads as four down and four across, retaining a symmetrical nature and perhaps showing the cultural preference for fours. Various date glyphs and notations from the Codex Mendoza show five ones across the top and an additional number of ones down the right side. (See below for an example.)

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: 
numbers
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Numbers, Math
Colors: 
red
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
right angle(s)
Other Cultural Influences: 
Mixtec
Keywords: 

seven, siete, numbers, números

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

chicome, seven, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chicome

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

siete

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: 

Chicome Mazatl (CQ)

Chiucnahui Acatl (Mdz2r)

chicome (Mdz7v)