Tomb of the Szell family, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Fragment of the tomb of the Szell family, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Szell family tomb

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

Tomb of the Szell family, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013.

Fragment of the tomb of the Szell family, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013.

ID: NGR-009451-P

Szell family tomb

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

An earth tomb rectangular in plan at the head of which is originally a cast-iron cross on a rock-shaped plinth, in front of which are three concrete bands in the form of a coffin lid. The lost cross lies next to the gravestone. Cross on plinth bordered by a stepped border, with arms terminating in an arch in a donkey's back framed by rhomboidal caps. Visible mounts after the figure of Christ. On the pedestal to the front a panel in which is an engraved inscription. A staircase leads up to the tomb on the front left.

Inscription:

S. P. / GROBY / RODZINY / SZELLÓW //.

Time of origin:

ca. 1900

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 14b1 (Old Rossa) Tomb number 12

Dimensions:

35 x 450 x 464 cm

Additional dimensions:

cross: 60 x 37 x 4; rock plinth: 134 x 120 x 116 (cm)

Materials:

concrete/jewel concrete, grey magmatic rocks (syenite, granodiorite, grey granite and others)

Additional Information about materials:

Concrete bands, plinth and inscription plaque in granite

State of preservation:

mosses, fragmented structure, non-maintained finial

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

the unpreserved statue of Christ

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:

tomb, cross (on a plinth), headband in the form of a coffin lid

Date of documentation:

2013

Author of the documentation sheet:

Urszula Staszkop, Łukasz Tarkowski

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

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

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