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Tombstone of Adam Aframowicz, Ross cemetery, state of 2014, Public domain
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Fragment of Adam Aframowicz's tombstone, Ross cemetery, as of 2014, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
License: , Source: cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl
Photo showing Tombstone of Adam Aframowicz
Fragment of Adam Aframowicz's tombstone, Ross cemetery, as of 2014, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
License: , Source: cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl
Photo showing Tombstone of Adam Aframowicz
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ID: NGR-005384-P/67423

Tombstone of Adam Aframowicz

Vilnius | Lithuania
Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
ID: NGR-005384-P/67423

Tombstone of Adam Aframowicz

Vilnius | Lithuania
Burial site originally marked by a cross on a two-stage plinth, base and foundation. Cross not preserved. First step of plinth with moulded upper edges. On the front an engraved inscription (1). The second step of the pedestal tapering upwards. On the front a plaque with engraved inscription (2), framed by two pilasters supporting double arches surmounted by a cross with trillions. Next to the gravestone is a cast-iron cross from another monument with serrated arms on a profiled plinth. At the intersection of the arms there is a visible attachment of a Christ figure. The face of the cross has been excavated.

Inscription:

1. Krewni proszą / przechodnia o westchnienie / za Jego duszę //.
2. Tu spoczywa / S. P. / Adam / AFRAMOWICZ / Doktor Medycyny / zm.[15] Czerw. 1883 r. / wieku l[at] 60. //.

Related persons:

Adam Aframowicz

Time of origin:

circa 1883

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 3a (Old Rossa) Tomb number 76

Dimensions:

190 x 110 x 90 cm

Additional dimensions:

cross: 70 x 37 x 3 cm

Materials:

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

Additional Information about materials:

granite plinth, concrete foundation

Additional information:

Time of creation determined hypothetically based on form and dates of life. The gravestone is listed in the file of Wacław Wejtka (card no. 25), where the cross of the monument is described as 'ornamental'. The gravestone was also originally intended to be enclosed by a cast-iron fence.

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens, cracks, cavities, inscription partly obliterated, 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/.
  • Czyż Anna Sylwia, Gutowski Bartłomiej , „Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie. Niezachowane pomniki na podstawie kartotek Wacława Wejtki, Lucjana Uziębły i Aleksandra Śnieżki”, Warszawa 2021.
  • Strona internetowa Społecznego Komitetu Opieki nad Starą Rossą, http://www.rossa.lt.

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth)

Date of documentation:

2014

Publikacja:

09.07.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Izabella Niemira

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.
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Tombstone of Adam Aframowicz, Ross cemetery, state of 2014 Photo showing Tombstone of Adam Aframowicz Gallery of the object +2
Tombstone of Adam Aframowicz, Ross cemetery, state of 2014, Public domain
Fragment of Adam Aframowicz's tombstone, Ross cemetery, as of 2014 Photo showing Tombstone of Adam Aframowicz Gallery of the object +2
Fragment of Adam Aframowicz's tombstone, Ross cemetery, as of 2014, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
Fragment of Adam Aframowicz's tombstone, Ross cemetery, as of 2014 Photo showing Tombstone of Adam Aframowicz Gallery of the object +2
Fragment of Adam Aframowicz's tombstone, Ross cemetery, as of 2014, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
Photo showing Tombstone of Adam Aframowicz Photo showing Tombstone of Adam Aframowicz

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