peso (Chav1)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This simplex glyph for the loanword "peso" (from the Spanish) shows one circle filled in with red.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1578
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Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Keywords:
pesos, monedas, dinero
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Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
peso, a peso, a unit of money, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/peso
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.”
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