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Jan Kurczewski's tombstone from the Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Fragment of Jan Kurczewski's tombstone from the Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Public domain
License: , Source: cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl
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Fragment of Jan Kurczewski's tombstone from the Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Public domain
License: , Source: cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl
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Tombstone of Jan Kurczewski

Vilnius | Lithuania
Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
ID: NGR-011810-P/85212

Tombstone of Jan Kurczewski

Vilnius | Lithuania
Burial place marked by cross on two-stepped plinth and two-stepped base. Cross on moulded plinth. At the intersection of the arms traces of the attachment of a Christ figure, with a secondarily placed wooden figure. Second step of base with chamfered upper edges. The first step of the pedestal with chamfered upper edges. On the front a panel with a relief inscription (2). On the left side, in the lower right corner, an engraved signature. The second step of the pedestal with profiled side upper edges. On the front side, a panel closed with a gabled arch, in which the following are relief carved: a book, a stole, a chalice with the host, below a relief inscription (1). A flowerbed in front of the tombstone. The whole is enclosed by a fence consisting of cylindrical pedestals connected by a cast-iron chain. The field inside the fence is paved with granite blocks.

Inscription:

1.Ś. P. / KS. JAN / KURCZEWSKI / SZAMBELAN / JEGO ŚWIĘTOBLIWOŚCI / PRAŁAT / KAPITUŁY WILEŃSKIEJ / MAG. ŚW. TEOL. / ZM. 30 LIPCA 1916 R. W WIEKU LAT 63. //.
2.Requiescat in pace! //.

Related persons:

Jan Kurczewski

Time of origin:

ca.1917-1919

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 18a (Old Rossa) Tomb number 54

Dimensions:

258 x 93 x 190 cm

Additional dimensions:

fence: 61 x 155 x 270

Materials:

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

Additional Information about materials:

gravestone marked by a granite cross on a granite pedestal, re-sited wooden Christ figure, inscription relief-carved in granite, granite pedestal fence connected by a cast iron chain, granite paving inside the fence

Ceator's signature:

R. BIKNER. //

Creator:

Rudolf Bikner (zakład kamieniarski; Wilno)

Additional information:

Inscription No 2 in Polish: May he rest in peace! //. According to the file of Wacław Wejtka of "Kłosy": Kurczewski was a historian of the Church in Lithuania, the first president and co-founder of the Society of the Friends of Science in Vilnius. He died suddenly in the pulpit during a sermon. The tombstone funded by public contributions under. "Dziennik Wileński" No. 171, 27 August 1916, p. 3. A wooden figure of Christ was placed at the intersection of the arms.

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

Tombstone restored after 2000

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/.
  • Śnieżko, A. „Rossa - miasto umarłych. Groby zasłużonych”, t. 1, Wrocław 1970, maszynopis w zbiorach PAU Kraków, 238-241.

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth)

Date of documentation:

2013

Publikacja:

24.08.2022

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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Jan Kurczewski's tombstone from the Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013. Photo showing Tombstone of Jan Kurczewski Gallery of the object +2
Jan Kurczewski's tombstone from the Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Public domain
Fragment of Jan Kurczewski's tombstone from the Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013. Photo showing Tombstone of Jan Kurczewski Gallery of the object +2
Fragment of Jan Kurczewski's tombstone from the Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Public domain
Fragment of Jan Kurczewski's tombstone from the Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013. Photo showing Tombstone of Jan Kurczewski Gallery of the object +2
Fragment of Jan Kurczewski's tombstone from the Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Public domain
Photo showing Tombstone of Jan Kurczewski Photo showing Tombstone of Jan Kurczewski

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