Fri 20 Jan 2012
Reception of Jews in Poland 1096
Posted by Barb under Art, Karpinski
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I’ve just started looking into Polish history because of a cookbook I received as a gift for Christmas. I cam across this picture while looking up Boleslaus the Wrymouth on line. I like the picture a lot, very colorful. But the name, Boleslaus the Wrymouth, really intrigued me. I can’t help wonder if he is a distant ancestor, or are we all sort of wry in the mouth..?
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January 23rd, 2012 at 5:05 pm
neat pix
January 26th, 2012 at 11:04 am
I guess the Jews are on the left supplicating, and the Poles on the right? So which one is Boleslaus, the young guy at the center with the WWF broad belt, or the bearded man in the red robe seated on the throne? Like a lot of old pics, there’s a lot going on.
I wonder if Wrymouth is related to awry — like the king had a crooked mouth. But when you make a wry face, your mouth goes crooked anyway. I see an old Polish man in work sometimes. I’ll ask him.
February 10th, 2012 at 11:20 pm
So according to my elderly friend, “Wrymouth” translates to “Krzywousty” in Polish, which means “crooked mouth” — and from my friend’s grimaces, the poor king’s mouth was a very crooked mouth indeed, perhaps a harelip. So no wryness there