Matlactli Omei Mazatl (CQ)

Matlactli Omei Mazatl (CQ)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph-notation represents the personal name Thirteen Deer (Malactli Omei Mazatl, in Nahuatl). This glyph for deer (mazatl) is a day sign in the 260-day divinatory calendar called the tonalpohualli in Nahuatl. For Mixtecs and Nahuas alike, calendrics played an important role in their religious view of the cosmos.

The number here consists of thirteen small circles (ones), five going up the left side of the deer head, five across the top, and three to the right of the deer head. The circles seem colored in a pattern of yellow-red-white that is repeated. The deer's head is brown, shown in profile, looking to the viewer's right, and it has white antlers.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

According to Sebastián van Doesburg (see our Bibliography), Matlactli Omei Mazatl (Thirteen Deer), also known as doña Lucia de León, is a woman who was married to Chicuace Olin (Six Movement), also known as don Pedro de León. They governed Tecamachalco for 36 years, from 1528 to 1564. The Codex Quetzalecatzin also shows Thirteen Deer, doña Lucia, governing for two years as a widow. The Anales de Tecamachalco mention her death as having occurred in 1569.

The mazatl (deer) in this name glyph compares favorably to the mazatl in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco (also from the state of Puebla), but it differs considerably from the mazatl of the Codex Mendoza (see below).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

do^ana Lucia de leon

Gloss Normalization:

doña Lucia de León

Gloss 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:

calendrics

day name

personal name

numbers

Syntax:

conjunction: -on- or -om- (visual)

ligature -om-/-on- (visual)

noun(s)

ten as two fives (notation)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Gender (female)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Numbers, Math

Politics, Power, Governance

Religion (Indigenous)

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Cultural Content, Credit:

Randall Rodríguez

Colors:

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

facing right

profile view

right angle(s)

Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Other Cultural Influences:

Mixtec

Keywords:

thirteen, trece, ten, diez, three, tres, deer, el venado, numbers, números, names, nombres, dates, fechas, xiuhpohualli, año, turquesa, xihuitl

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

matlac(tli), ten, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/matlactli
eyi, three, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/eyi
-on-, and or plus, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/node/176283
matlactli omei, thirteen, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/matlactli-omei

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Trece Venado, 13-Venado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Randall Rodríguez

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: