nahui pesos (Chav1)

nahui pesos (Chav1)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph-notation shows a frontal of four pesos (nahui pesos). These are four circles of equal size, each one filled in with a black or dark gray water color.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

These coins represent a European colonial introduction. For comparison, see a single peso and a half peso (four tomines), below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

nahui p^oss.

Gloss Normalization:

nahui pesos

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:

Markets, Commerce, Economy

Money, Coins, Prices

Numbers, Math

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

pesos, cuatro, dinero, money, coins

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

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