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ID: NGR-000788-P/848

Massalsky family tombstone

Ryga | Latvia
Cemetery at St Francis Church
ID: NGR-000788-P/848

Massalsky family tombstone

Ryga | Latvia
Burial place marked by a cross on a plinth, in front of which a band in the form of a coffin lid has been added secondarily. Cross with pyramidal arms, bordered with a groove, on the horizontal arm at the front an engraved inscription. Plinth of boulder imitating a pile of rocks. On the sides of the bands an engraved cross and palm branches. Location of gravestone secondary.

Inscription:

Erbbegrabnys der Familie / Massalsky //.   

Time of origin:

1870-1910

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Tomb number 05

Dimensions:

200 x 96 x 240 cm

Additional dimensions:

plinth depth - 50

Materials:

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

Additional Information about materials:

cross, coffin - concrete, base - granite

State of preservation:

mosses, chipping, schropowacenia

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

A gravestone probably moved from the old Catholic cemetery, secondarily placed in the area of the arranged small cemetery at St Francis Church. The preceding band is likely to have come from another memorial or was a stand-alone

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth)

Date of documentation:

2021

Author of the documentation sheet:

dr Paweł Drabarczyk vel Grabarczyk

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski
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