Huepan (MH506r)
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Huepan (perhaps "Rough Beam of Wood," attested here as pertaining to a man) includes an upright narrow, rectangular banner (panitl) on a stick. Below that, and still touching the handle, is a partial, wrinkled face of an older man (huehue). The face is shown in profile view, facing toward the viewer's right. The banner is also flying toward the right.
Stephanie Wood
A huepantli is a rough beam (in need of refinement) that was used in construction. This could be the original referent for the name as given in the gloss, but it does not match the visuals of the glyph, which are fully phonographic here. There was a famous Huepantzin in the Tlaxcala area. [See Luis Reyes García, La Escritura pictográfica en Tlaxcala, 1993, 110.] Perhaps some boys were named after this figure in history. Huepan (MH651v) and Tlacahuepan (MH650r) are other examples of this name (or like it) attested in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco.
Stephanie Wood
diego
huepā
Diego Huepan
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
flags, banners, banderas, viejos, elders
huepana, to drag a beam of wood, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huepana
huehue, elder, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huehue
pan(itl), banner, flag, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/panitl
huepan(tli), large rough-hewn wooden beam, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huepantli
La Viga(?)
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 506r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=91&st=image
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