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Tombstone of Antoni Gliński, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Inscription plaque from the tombstone of Antoni Gliński, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Information board from the tombstone of Antoni Gliński, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Tombstone of Antoni Gliński

Vilnius | Lithuania
Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
ID: NGR-005169-P/66816

Tombstone of Antoni Gliński

Vilnius | Lithuania
Burial place marked by cross on two-stepped plinth and base, with band. Latin cross. Base with chamfered upper edges. First step of plinth with moulded upper edges. On the front an engraved inscription (1). The second step of the plinth slightly tapering towards the top, with chamfered upper edges. On the front, engraved inscription (2).

Inscription:

1. KTO BAŚNI POLSKICH PO WSIACH, WŚRÓD TRUDU / SZUKAŁ JAK PEREŁ, CO KRYJE MORZE / TEMU PRZEZ MODŁY WDZIĘCZNEGO LUDU / UCZYŃ TĘ ZIEMIĘ, LEKKĄ O BOŻĘ! //.
2. AUTOROWI / BAJARZA POLSKIEGO / Ś. P. / A. J. GLIŃSKIEMU UR. 1818 R. ZM. 1866 R. //.

Related persons:

Antoni Gliński

Time of origin:

ca. 1869

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 4a (Old Rossa) Tomb number 16

Dimensions:

217 x 73 x 60 cm

Additional dimensions:

cross: 78 x 39 x 7

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others)

Additional Information about materials:

base of plinth in pink granite, inscription plaque and finial in black granite

Additional information:

On the first step of the pedestal on the left a plaque with an inscription in Polish and Lithuanian: "The restoration of the monument was financed by the Polish Embassy in Lithuania in cooperation with the social committee for the care of us Stara Rossa". According to Wacław Wejtka's file, the tombstone was created in 1901 (topped with a white marble cross). Following Teliński, he states that he was born in Szczorce in 1817, died in Vilnius, studied at the court of Adam Chreptowicz, was editor of the Vilnius Cultural News and a contributor to the Vilnius Courier. Mentioned in Polski Słownik Biograficzny, vol. VIII, pp. 58-59.

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens, cracks

Bibliography:

  • Czyż Anna Sylwia, Gutowski Bartłomiej , „Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie. Niezachowane pomniki na podstawie kartotek Wacława Wejtki, Lucjana Uziębły i Aleksandra Śnieżki”, Warszawa 2021.
  • Śnieżko, A. „Rossa - miasto umarłych. Groby zasłużonych”, t. 1, Wrocław 1970, maszynopis w zbiorach PAU Kraków, s. 139-140.

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth), extensive inscription

Date of documentation:

2013

Publikacja:

07.07.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, Emilia Kurpińska, Jan Orliński

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.
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Tombstone of Antoni Gliński, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013 Photo showing Tombstone of Antoni Gliński Gallery of the object +2
Tombstone of Antoni Gliński, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
Inscription plaque from the tombstone of Antoni Gliński, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013 Photo showing Tombstone of Antoni Gliński Gallery of the object +2
Inscription plaque from the tombstone of Antoni Gliński, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
Information board from the tombstone of Antoni Gliński, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013 Photo showing Tombstone of Antoni Gliński Gallery of the object +2
Information board from the tombstone of Antoni Gliński, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
Photo showing Tombstone of Antoni Gliński Photo showing Tombstone of Antoni Gliński

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