macuiltzontli (TR41v)

macuiltzontli (TR41v)
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This example of notation shows five signs that resemble trees, each one equaling the number 400, which would add up to 2000. The gloss however, says 1800, which suggests an error. The notation apparently refers to the number of people (possibly warriors) who drowned in the year 1507, a date which is more clearly visible in the contextualizing image for atlan miquiliztli (a drowning).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Another example of a notation for 2000, from the Codex Chavero, shows five bound bundles of something like sticks or hair. A sign for 400 (centzontli), looking much like the five objects in this example, also appears below. Sometimes the number five (macuilli) consists of five vertical lines that are connected at their base with a horizontal line, much as these five trees or feathers are connected.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

1800

Gloss Normalization:

2000 (?)

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Telleriano-Remensis, Codex (TR)

Date of Manuscript:

ca. 1550–1563

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Semantic Categories:

numbers

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Feathers

Hair (human or animal)

Numbers, Math

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

Keywords:

tzontles, four hundred times five, cuatrocientos por cinco, numbers, números, árboles, plumas, cabellos, xiuhpohualli, año, turquesa, xihuitl

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

macuil(li), five, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/macuilli
tzon(tli), four hundred, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

cinco por cuatrocientos, o dos mil

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 41 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f108.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights:

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Historical Contextualizing Image: