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Tombstone of Kleofas Gierwiatowski

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
ID: NGR-005320-P/67266

Tombstone of Kleofas Gierwiatowski

The burial site marked by a cross on a four-stepped plinth and base. Chamfered cross, with gabled arms, on moulded plinth. The first step of the plinth with chamfered upper edges. In front a panel with quarter-circle chamfered corners, in which a relief inscription (1). The second step of the plinth with chamfered upper edges. In front a panel with quarter-circle chamfered corners, in which a relief inscription is carved (2). The third step of the pedestal with profiled upper edges. In front a panel with quarter-circle chamfered corners, in which a relief inscription is carved (3). The third step of the plinth slightly tapering towards the top. In front a panel with quarter-circle chamfered corners, in it an oval photograph on porcelain, below a relief inscription (4). The photograph shows an elderly man depicted in half pose, facing 3/4 to the right. Hair combed back, long beard, glasses. Dressed in a white shirt and dark jacket. The whole is framed by a fence consisting of a band and iron bars, with a five-step staircase to the front right.

Inscription:

1. STROSKANA ŻONA NIEODŻAŁOWANEMU MĘŻOWI / TĘ PAMIĄTKĘ POŚWIĘCA. //.
2. BŁOGOSŁAWIENI MIŁOSIERNI ALBOWIEM / ONI MIŁOSIERDZIA DOSTĄPIĄ. //.
3. Pokój Jego duszy. //.
4. S. P. / KLEOFAS / GIERWIATOWSKI / UR. 1823 R. MARCA 14 D. / + 1897 R. MAJA 19 D. //.

Related persons:

Time of origin:

1897-1900

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 3b (Old Rossa) Tomb number 24

Dimensions:

260 x 98 x 80 cm

Additional dimensions:

fence: 145 x 237 x 243 (cm)

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), porcelain / faience / porcelite, metal

Additional Information about materials:

granite tombstone, iron fence rods, photography on porcelain

Additional information:

According to Wacław Wejtka's file, a tin plate with the inscription hung on the gravestone: Ś + P / Marja - Izabella / z Bokszańskich / Gierwiatowska / Died 23 June 1928 / at the age of 89 / Peace to her soul //. Time of creation determined hypothetically on the basis of form and dates of life

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens, cavities

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

Significant photographic loss. Non-preserved cast iron fence elements

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.
  • Strona internetowa Społecznego Komitetu Opieki nad Starą Rossą, http://www.rossa.lt.

Date of documentation:

2013

Publikacja:

08.07.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Monika Borowik, Monika Gałwa

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.
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Tombstone of Kleofas Gierwiatowski, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
Fragment of a tombstone of Kleofas Gierwiatowski, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013 Photo showing Tombstone of Kleofas Gierwiatowski Gallery of the object +2
Fragment of a tombstone of Kleofas Gierwiatowski, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
Detail of the gravestone of Kleofas Gierwiatowski, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013 Photo showing Tombstone of Kleofas Gierwiatowski Gallery of the object +2
Detail of the gravestone of Kleofas Gierwiatowski, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain

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