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ID: NGR-000973-P/1044

Tombstone of Adam Jafsanowitsch, Margaretha Jafsanowitsch

Ryga | Latvia
Cemetery at St Francis Church
ID: NGR-000973-P/1044

Tombstone of Adam Jafsanowitsch, Margaretha Jafsanowitsch

Ryga | Latvia
Burial marked by a cross on a boulder-shaped pedestal, along the edge of the cross a fluted frame which forms an inscription field on the crossbeam with arched chamfered corners, the engraved inscription divided into 3 parts is placed: on the shaft above the crossbeam (above it a relief butterfly), on the beam and below it on the shaft; the cross smoothly polished.

Inscription:

Edelmann / Adam / Jafsanowitsh /  aus dem / Wilnauschen Gouvernements und Bras= / lauschen Kreise gebürtig,  geb. d. 10. Maӱ 1767 / gestorben d. 3ten April 1853. Die Ehegattin / Margaretha Elisabeth geborene / Hanochfohn / geb. Zu Riga / d. 2ten Septb. / 1772 / gestorb. Den 26sten / Maerz 1848. //
 

Time of origin:

ca. 1853 - 1855

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Tomb number 04

Dimensions:

235 x 85 x 70 cm

Additional dimensions:

cross - 189 x 85 x 20

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), sandstone

Additional Information about materials:

cross - grey sandstone, plinth - grey granite

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens, tilted

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

Cross tilted back and to the right, white stains on the surface. Tombstone probably moved from the old Catholic cemetery, secondarily placed in the area of the arranged small cemetery at St Francis Church

Bibliography:

  • Karta dokumentacyjna obiektu zabytkowego poza granicami kraju, powiat buczacki, zbiór przechowywany w Ministerstwie Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Warszawa..

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth)

Date of documentation:

2021

Author of the documentation sheet:

dr Magalena Tarnowska

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski
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