ID: NGR-010296-P

Tombstone of Edward, Florian and Antonina Czapski

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

ID: NGR-010296-P

Tombstone of Edward, Florian and Antonina Czapski

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

The burial site marked by a cast iron cross on an obelisk on a three-stage plinth and two-stage base. Cross with arms terminating in a stylised palmetto on a plinth. At the intersection of the arms a figure of Christ, above a titulus. On the obelisk at the front traces of fastening. The first step of the plinth with chamfered upper edges. On the 1) front, on the 2) back and on the 3) right side an engraved inscription. On the second step of the plinth, from 4) the front, an engraved inscription. Below the inscription, in the lower right corner, the signature of the artist. The third step of the pedestal with chamfered quarter-circle lower edges. The pedestal surmounted by a profiled panel on four sides with triangular peaks, framed by acroterions. A winged hourglass is carved in the front and rear peaks. Carved into the side pinnacles are two crossed torches. Carved palmettes in the acroterions. The whole panel edged with a groove repeating its shape. On the 5) front and 6) back an engraved inscription. The quatrefoil originally framed by eight cylindrical pedestals, connected by double metal bars.

Inscription:

1) s.p. / Edward Hrabia CZAPSKI / ur. 29 Maja r.1819 † Stycz. 15. 1888. / Wieczny odpoczynek racz mu dać Panie. //.

2) In Te Domine speravi: / non confundar in aeternum. //.

3) s.p. Florjan / Hrabia CZAPSKI / † 19 Listop. 1889.r //.

4) Nieutulona w żalu Matka / Najdroższemu dziecku / sculp. V. Łabanowski. //.

5) s.p. / Antonina / z RÓŻYCKICH, hr. / CZAPSKA / ur. d. 4. Marca 1832. / zm. d. 8. Lutego 1867 r. / Prosi o Zdrowaś Marya. //.

6) Podobała się / bowiem Bogu / dusza Jej: / i dlatego pokwapił się / wywieść Ją / pośród nieprawości. //.

Time of origin:

1867-1870

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 16a (Stara Rossa) Tomb number 12

Dimensions:

387 x 129 x 117 cm

Additional dimensions:

Fence: H: 59 W: 129 D: 117

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others)

Ceator's signature:

sculp. V. Łabanowski. //.

Creator:

Wincenty Łabanowski(preview)

State of preservation:

mosses

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

secondary glued

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), obelisk

Date of documentation:

2013

Author of the documentation sheet:

Małgorzata Pasieka, Katarzyna Węglicka

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

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

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