Tombstone of Ludwik Grabowski, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Inscription on the gravestone of Ludwik Grabowski, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Tombstone of Ludwik Grabowski

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

Tombstone of Ludwik Grabowski, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013

Inscription on the gravestone of Ludwik Grabowski, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013

ID: NGR-008953-P

Tombstone of Ludwik Grabowski

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Burial site originally marked by a cross on a two-stepped base and three-stepped plinth, in a band. Cross not preserved, originally on moulded plinth. First step of plinth with chamfered upper edges. Engraved inscription to front (1). The second step of the plinth profiled at the top with three faults, the second of which is quarter-circularly cut, terminating in a shaft. The third step of the plinth slightly tapering towards the top, with chamfered side edges. On the front a distinctive inscription field with quarter-cut lower corners. Closed from above by a slight arch with protruding corners. On the inscription field an engraved inscription (2). Above the inscription field two mouldings divided by a concavity to the front, right and left, of which to the front in the shape of a gabled canopy, Above a moulded cornice. The band for the most part covered with earth. The quatrefoil is enclosed by an irregularly shaped L-shaped fence of iron bars ending in arrowheads, connected by horizontal slats with volute decoration between. To the front the fence on a concrete wall. To the front right a wicket, accessed by four steps. In the lower left corner of the quatrefoil a cast iron bench.

Inscription:

1. Pokój jego szlachetnej duszy. / Stroskane żona i córka / tę pamiątkę poświęcają. //.
2. S. + P. / Ludwik / Grabowski / ur. 19 Sierpnia 1844 r. / zm. 4 Sierpnia 1906 r. //.

Related persons:

Ludwik Grabowski

Time of origin:

ca. 1906

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 3c (Stara Rossa) Tomb number 61

Dimensions:

253 x 123 x 103 cm

Additional dimensions:

band: 18x305x62 (cm), fence: 165x490x370 (cm), bench 46x107x35 (cm)

Materials:

concrete/jewel concrete, labradorite, dark magmatic rocks (basalt, diabase, gabbro, monzonite and others), iron, grey magmatic rocks (syenite, granodiorite, grey granite and others)

Additional Information about materials:

granite plinth base, labradorite and gabbro plinth, concrete band, iron fence

Additional information:

1st line of inscription (1) and 3rd line of inscription (2) in majuscule script

State of preservation:

cracks, cavities, non-maintained finial

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

unpreserved cross

Bibliography:

„Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie, badania inwentaryzacyjne”, katalog on-line, opr. Anna Sylwia Czyż i Bartłomiej Gutowski, dostęp on-line http://cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl/.

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth), headband

Date of documentation:

2013

Publikacja:

09.08.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Maja Lipiec, Sandra Zagajna

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.

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