nauhtzontli (Chav1)

nauhtzontli (Chav1)
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This notation-glyph shows a frontal view of four bundles of sticks, grass blades, or hairs, each one called a tzontli, and each one is worth a count of 400. The bundles are vertical. They are wrapped with a band of white with a stepped design. Given that there are four tzontli (nauhtzontli), this represents 1,600 (a subtotal or part of a much larger count referring to pesos). (See the text in the contextualizing image, below, and/or go to the original page.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

nauhtzōtli.

Gloss Normalization:

nauhtzontli

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

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Hair (human or animal)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

tied, bound, or bundled

vertical, upright

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Keywords:

cuatro tzontles, palos, pelos, hierbas, números

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

nauh, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nauh
tzon(tli), hair, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli
-tzon(tli), when preceded by a number, multiples of four hundred, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

mil seiscientos, 1600

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.”

Historical Contextualizing Image: