ID: NGR-005628-P

Tombstone of the Volosevich family

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

ID: NGR-005628-P

Tombstone of the Volosevich family

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Burial site originally marked by a cross on a two-stage plinth and two-stage base. Cross bifurcated at mid-height, on a two-stage moulded plinth. First step of plinth with moulded upper edges. The second step of the plinth tapering upwards, enclosed on the front by a carving of an arch into a donkey's back. Engraved inscriptions to the front (1) and left side (2). Fencing common to gravestones 037-039.

Inscription:

1) Tu / spoczywają zwłoki / S. P. / Antoniego / i Józefy / z Żylińskich / WOŁOSEWICZÓW / -.- / Najzacniejszym / rodzicom dzieci / tę pamiątkę / poświęcają. //.

2) S. P. / Jan / WOŁOSEWICZ / Magister Farmacyi / żył lat 36. / Urodzony w Wilnie / Zmarł w Petersburgu / 8. Maja 1883 r. / spoczął w rodzinnej ziemi / obok rodziców swoich //.

Time of origin:

ca. 1885

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 6a (Old Rossa) Tomb number 39

Dimensions:

300 x 105 x 100 cm

Additional dimensions:

fencing: 60 x 480 x 220

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others)

Additional information:

inscription in italics except for the words: S. P. and WOŁOSEWICZ, WOŁOSEWICZÓW. Fencing common to gravestones Nos. 037-039