Tombstone of Eustachy Tyszkiewicz, Ross cemetery, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Fragment of Eustachy Tyszkiewicz's tombstone, Ross cemetery, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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ID: NGR-005158-P

Tombstone of Eustachy Tyszkiewicz

Vilnius | Lithuania

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

ID: NGR-005158-P

Tombstone of Eustachy Tyszkiewicz

Vilnius | Lithuania

Burial place marked by cross on plinth and base. Cross with gabled arms, on plinth. The face of the cross excavated. At the intersection of the arms a medallion. Base with chamfered upper edges. Engraved inscription on the front. The plinth slightly tapering towards the top, covered by a panel with acroterions and semicircular closed gables. On the front an engraved inscription, below it an engraved Leliwa coat of arms. The whole is enclosed by a fence consisting of four cylindrical pedestals connected by a cast-iron chain. The field inside the fence is lined with stones.

Inscription:

1. GRÓB / S. P. / Hrabiego / Eustachego / TYSZKIEWICZA / Ur. 6 Kwietnia / 1814 r. / Um. 13 Sierpnia / 1873 r. //.
2. Boże bądź miłościw / mnie grzesznemu. //.

Related persons:

Eustachy Tyszkiewicz

Time of origin:

circa 1874

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 3a (Old Rossa) Tomb number 16

Dimensions:

175 x 64 x 59 cm

Additional dimensions:

fencing: 110 x 203 x 137

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), cast iron

Additional Information about materials:

Gravestone made of granite, granite fencing with cast iron chain

Additional information:

lines of inscription No. 1 - 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 in italics. Inscription No. 2 in italics. The time of the gravestone's creation determined hypothetically from the date of death and the form of the monument. Secondary gilded inscription Tombstone mentioned in: A. Sniezko, "Rossa - miasto umarłych. Groby zasłużonych", Wrocław 1970 mps in the collection of the Ossolineum Library in Wrocław, pp. 453-455.

State of preservation:

mosses, cavities, letters re-gilded

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

According to Wacław Wejtka's records, the tombstone was renovated in 1933.

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.
Śnieżko, A. „Rossa - miasto umarłych. Groby zasłużonych”, t. 1, Wrocław 1970, maszynopis w zbiorach PAU Kraków.

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth)

Date of documentation:

2013

Publikacja:

07.07.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Izabella Niemira, Elżbieta Sadoch

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

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

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