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ID: NGR-011029-P/83052

Tombstone of Antoni and Augusta Adamkowicz

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
ID: NGR-011029-P/83052

Tombstone of Antoni and Augusta Adamkowicz

Burial place originally marked by a cross on a three-tier plinth and two-tier base. Cross unpreserved, on pedestal decorated with palmetto and volute tracery. The first step of the plinth with chamfered upper edges. The second step of the pedestal with profiled upper edges. On the front a panel with a frame with corners decorated with geometric braid. In it a relief inscription (2). The third step of the pedestal with 1/3 height profiled sides, covered with a panel with a simplified pediment with a bas-relief star and a stylised lily of the valley motif. On the front, an oval niche framed by a bas-relief olive branch and an oak branch interwoven with a ribbon. In it is a relief carved head of Mary. The Virgin is facing upwards, tears are streaming down her cheeks and she is wearing a maforium on her head. Below the niche a panel with a bas-relief inscription partly arranged in two columns (1).

Inscription:

1) S. + P. / AUGUSTA I ANTONI / ADAMKOWICZOWIE // . lewa strona) z KORSAKÓW / ZM. 24 LUTEGO / 1914 R. / W WIEKU LAT / 72. //.
prawa strona) KOLLEGJALNY / ASSEESOR / ZM. 21 LISTOP. / 1891 R. / W WIEKU LAT 67. //.

2) Pokój Ich duszom. // .

Time of origin:

1914-1917

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 16b (Old Rossa) Tomb number 4

Dimensions:

253 x 200 x 220 cm

Materials:

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

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/.

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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