Tombstone of Piotr Slawinski, Ross cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Domaine public
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Photo montrant Tombstone of Piotr Sławiński

Plaque from the tombstone of Piotr Slawinski, Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Domaine public
Licence: , Source: cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl

Fragment of the tombstone of Piotr Slawinski, Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Domaine public
Licence: , Source: cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl

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ID: NGR-009533-P

Tombstone of Piotr Sławiński

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

Tombstone of Piotr Slawinski, Ross cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013.

$Galerie de l\'objet$ +2

Plaque from the tombstone of Piotr Slawinski, Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013.

$Galerie de l\'objet$ +2

Fragment of the tombstone of Piotr Slawinski, Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013.

$Galerie de l\'objet$ +2

ID: NGR-009533-P

Tombstone of Piotr Sławiński

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Burial site marked by a cast-iron cross stylised as a tree trunk. At the base of the cross a cast iron plaque with a convex inscription. Originally mounted on the cross.

Inscription:

S. P. / PIOTR SŁAWINSKI / ZASŁUŻONY PROFESOR ASTRONOMIJ / UNIWERSYTETU WILEŃSKIEGO / +. 17 MAJA 1881 R. W KIENIE. / WIEKU LAT 86. / PROSI O MODLITWY ! //.

Related persons:

Piotr Sławiński

Time of origin:

ca. 1881-1884

Emplacement de la pierre tombale:

Numéro de secteur 12b (Old Rossa) Numéro de la tombe 93

Dimensions:

198 x 130 x 14 cm

Additional dimensions:

board: 32.5 x 48.5 x 1.5

Materials:

cast iron

Additional information:

Inscription plaque originally attached to the cross. Now detached, it lies at the base of the cross. In 1825 Slawinski took over the directorship of the Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius University after Jan Sniadecki . In 1826 he published the first modern academic textbook on astronomy in Polish: Beginnings of Theoretical and Practical Astronomy. http://www.sejm-wielki.pl/b/psb.13581.10

State of preservation:

corrosion, mosses, lichens, cavities

Bibliography: