ID: NGR-011023-P

Tombstone of Helena and Wincenty Czyż and Emilia Kozłowska

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

ID: NGR-011023-P

Tombstone of Helena and Wincenty Czyż and Emilia Kozłowska

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Burial place originally marked by cross on plinth and base. Cross not preserved. Base with chamfered upper edges. Plinth with moulded upper edges. Engraved inscriptions to the front (1), (4), left (2) and rear (3).

Inscription:

1) Tu spoczywają zwłoki / Ś. P. / WINCENTEGO / CZYŻA / Kapitana / um. 10 Paździer. 1881 r. //.

2) Ś. P. / HELENA / z Giedrojciów / CZYŻOWA / Prosi o trzy zdrowaś / Marya. //. 3) Ich chrzestna córka / EMILIJA / KOZŁOWSKA //.

Time of origin:

1882-1885

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 16b (Old Rossa) Tomb number 1

Dimensions:

80 x 75 x 63 cm

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others)

Ceator's signature:

Sobolewski //.

Creator:

Bolesław Sobolewski

Additional information:

In inscription 1, lines 1, 5, 6, in italics. In inscription No. 2 lines 3, 5, 6, in italics. In inscription No. 3, line 1 in italics. Signature in italics. According to Wacław Wejtko's file, the gravestone was originally surmounted by a cross and enclosed by a fence with iron bars. Wejtko gives the inscription: Here lie the remains of / Ś. P. / Wincentego / Czyża / Kapitan / Um. 10 Oct. 1881 / God save his soul //.

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens, non-maintained finial

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)

Date of documentation:

2013

Author of the documentation sheet:

Katarzyna Jachimowicz, Magdalena Oleszak

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

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

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