Macuiltoch (MH535r)

Macuiltoch (MH535r)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph with added notation for the personal name Macuiltoch (“Five Rabbit,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a profile view of a vertical rabbit, looking upward, with its front paws in the air. Rabbit is both a day sign and a year sign in the Mesoamerican calendars. When it is a name, as in this case, it is a day sign in the tonalpohualli, the count of days in the 260-day calendar. Above the rabbit are five black dots, meant to convey the number five. A couple of these dots have lines going down toward the rabbit's head or mouth. The rabbit's eye is open, its ears are long, its tail is short, and its coat has some texturing.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

petro.macuiltoch

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Macuiltoch

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

dates, fechas, calendario, numbers, números, rabbits, conejos, tonalpohualli, signos de los días, signos de los años, year signs, xiuhpohualli, turquesa, xihuitl

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cinco Tochtli, o 5-Tochtli

Image Source: 
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).

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