nahui (CQ)

nahui (CQ)
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This notation for the number four (nahui) has been carved from the compound personal name Nahui Olintzin (below). It consists of four circles in a horizontal row. Each one has a color. From left to right, the colors are red, yellow, white, and red again.

Description, 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
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Numbers, Math
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
red
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
Other Cultural Influences: 
Mixtec
Keywords: 

numbers, números, ones, unos

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

nahui, four, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nahui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

cuatro

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Ofelia Cruz Morales

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: 

Nahui Olintzin (CQ)