Matlactli Olin (CQ)

Matlactli Olin (CQ)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

The combined simplex glyph for movement (Olin) and notation for the number 10 (Matlactli) is a date for a given day from the 260-day divinatory calendar, as deciphered in Nahuatl. For Mesoamericans, calendrics play an important role in their religious view of the cosmos.

In this case, Ten Olin is also the personal name of a ruler who lived in Southern Puebla. The sign for movement looks something like a butterfly, with wings on each side of a central axis (which has the shape of a spine or thorn with a circle in the middle). The overall shape is a quincunx. The notation consists of a row of five vertical circles on the left side, and a row of five horizontal circles across the top. The circles show a pattern in the choice of colors, red, yellow, and turquoise blue, and repeating, if we start from the upper right corner.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The use of coloring for the ones has a significance or purpose awaiting further analysis.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Date of Manuscript: 

covers ruling men and women of Tecamachalco through 1593

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

southern Puebla state

Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Other Cultural Influences: 
Keywords: 

numbers, nĂºmeros, fechas, dates, diez, movimiento, calendarios

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Diez Movimiento, 10-Movimiento

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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 Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/

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