matlactli omome (CQ)

matlactli omome (CQ)
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This notation for the number twelve (matlactli omome) from the Codex Quetzalecatzin top has five (macuilli) ones. Connecting with this is another grouping in a vertical row running down the left wide with another five (macuilli) ones. Finally, in line with this vertical grouping but below it and separated by a space, are two (ome) more ones. This gap might represent the numeric ligature (-on- or -om-). The coloring of the circles involves red, yellow, and white.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The three colors of red, yellow, and white for the counters (ones) are used fairly regularly in this manuscript. The reading order required further study. Of course, these colors are echoed in the colors of maize and in cardinal directions.

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: 
conjunction: -on- or -om- (visual)
ligature -om-/-on- (visual)
noun(s)
ten as two fives (notation)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Numbers, Math
Colors: 
orange/terracotta
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: 

twelve, doce, numbers, números, ten, diez, two, dos

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

matlactli omome, twelve, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/matlactli-omome

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

doce

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: 

Matlactli Omome Tochtli (CQ)

ome (CQ)