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ID: NGR-011005-P/82991

Tombstone of Marianna and Antoni Buraczewski

Vilnius | Lithuania
Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
ID: NGR-011005-P/82991

Tombstone of Marianna and Antoni Buraczewski

Vilnius | Lithuania
Burial place originally marked by a cross on a two-stage plinth and base. Cross on moulded plinth, not preserved. The first step of the pedestal with moulded upper edges, a panel with quarter-circle chamfered corners to the front, in which is a relief inscription (No. 1). The second step of the plinth tapering upwards, covered by a two-step profiled panel. A panel on the front, with a bas-relief masquerade decoration at the top, and a bas-relief inscription below (No. 2). The whole is enclosed by a fence consisting of four cylindrical pedestals, originally connected by double metal bars.

Inscription:

1)PROSI PRZECHODNIÓW / O WESTCHNIENIE DO BOGA. //.

2) S. P. / ANTONI / BURACZEWSKI / ZM. 15 LIPCA 1899 R. / WIEKU LAT 67. / - / ŻONA DLA MĘŻA / MARJANNA / BURACZEWSKA / ZM. 17 KWIET. 1904 R. / WIEKU LAT 70. //.

Related persons:

Antoni Buraczewski
Marianna Buraczewska

Time of origin:

1899-1902

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 16a (Stara Rossa) Tomb number 116

Dimensions:

238 x 241 x 300 cm

Additional dimensions:

tombstone 207x68x53

Materials:

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

Creator:

J. Baranowski (zakład kamieniarski; Wilno)

Additional information:

Bullet marks. The origin of the tombstone from J. Baranowski's workshop determined by its similarity to signed tombstones cf. B. Gutowski, The Baranowski Workshop in Vilnius (in print). In Wacław Wejtka's card file, under the letter Bo, card no. 378, dated 1936. According to the card file, the old location of the gravestone is sector "D1, N7, 2nd row". Next to the description of the gravestone a note: "black granite monument with cross, fence made of iron bars".

State of preservation:

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/.

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth)

Date of documentation:

2013

Author of the documentation sheet:

Małgorzata Pasieka, Katarzyna Węglicka

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

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