macuiltzontli (Chav1)

macuiltzontli (Chav1)
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This notation shows five (macuilli) groups of four hundred {tzontli) bundles of sticks, cut grass, or human hairs. The full count of this segment of a larger amount (counting pesos) is, therefore, 5 x 400, or 2,000 (macuiltzontli). This is all drawn in red ink or watercolor because this is part of a final total that had various subtotals drawn in black ink.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

macuiltzōtli

Gloss Normalization:

macuiltzontli

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Chavero, Codex (Chav)

Date of Manuscript:

1578

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

numbers

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Hair (human or animal)

Numbers, Math

Colors:

red

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

tied, bound, or bundled

vertical, upright

Keywords:

pesos, monedas, dinero, money, coins, pelos, hierbas, palos

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

macuil(li), five, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/macuilli
tzontli, hair, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli

Image Source:

The Codex Chavero of Huexotzinco (or Códice Chavero de Huexotzinco), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_03246_001/?sp=1

Image Source, Rights:

The Codex Chavero of Huexotzinco (or Códice Chavero de Huexotzinco) is held by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México. It is published online by the World Digital Library and the Library of Congress, which is “unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection.”