matlactecpantli (MH696r)

matlactecpantli (MH696r)
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the notation representing the number 200 (10 x 20) shows a vertical, rectangular flag (perhaps of paper or cloth) that is attached to what may be a wooden pole. The flag or banner represents the number twenty (-tecpantli). Below the flag and connected to it by a short line is a diamond shape that represents the number ten. The lines of the diamond have a slight inward curve and the points of the diamond are slightly extended. As the contextualizing image shows, this number is part of a larger count of nobles.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This diamond shape representing the number ten and the banner representing the number twenty recur in this and other manuscripts associated with Huexotzinco. See some examples below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

matlactecpātl

Gloss Normalization:

matlactecpantli (note: the word that followed, “ypan,” explains the missing “i” on the end of -tecpantli)

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

numbers

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flags, banners

Numbers, Math

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

diamond shape(s)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

notaciones, números, veinte, diez, diamantes, banderas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

matlac(tli), ten, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/matlactli
-tecpan(tli), twenty, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpnatli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

doscientos

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 696r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=472&st=image.

Image Source, Rights:

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

Historical Contextualizing Image: