matlacpohualli pesos (Chav1)

matlacpohualli pesos (Chav1)
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black and white drawing or painting of the compound glyph or notation for 200 (matlacpohualli, or 10 x 20) pesos shows a black peso with a white diamond (matlactli) on top of it. Poking up from behind this 10-peso sign is a corn cob, which seems to represent twenty. The mathematical equation arrives at the number given in the gloss in this case.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

mahtlac
poualli

Gloss Normalization: 

matlacpohualli

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: 
Numbers, Math
Colors: 
black
black & white drawing (no color)
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
diamond shape(s)
frontal view
vertical, upright
Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation): 
3
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
multidirectional
Keywords: 

pesos, monedas, dinero, coins, money, maize, corn, mazorca

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

peso, a peso, a unit of money, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/peso
matlacpohual(li), 200, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/matlacpohualli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

doscientos

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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.”

Orthography: 
dropped "h"
Historical Contextualizing Image: