Ikonografia najstarszej pieczęci wsi Drogomyśl
Iconography of the Oldest Seal of the Village of Drogomyśl

Summary/Abstract: Two outstanding researchers, M. Gumowski and A. Znamierowski, claimed that the seal of the village of Drogomyśl dating back to the 19th century depicts a villager plowing the field. In the background, behind the villager, the researchers noticed two fences. But a closer look at the seal on a document dating from 1855 reveals that it is not a fence but two bridges. There had been two bridges over the Vistula river in Drogomyśl since the beginning of the 18th century. They were marked on the map of the Duchy of Cieszyn dating from 1736. M. Gumowski describes two ladders and A. Znamierowski – a pile of wood on the seal of the village of Drogomyśl dating from the 18th century. However, if we look at the iconography of this seal in the context of the Vistula crossings in Drogomyśl, it should be assumed that it represents two bridges instead of two piles of logs.

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