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Tombstone of Jan Kurczewski

Vilnius | Lithuania

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

Jan Kurczewski's tombstone from the Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013.

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Fragment of Jan Kurczewski's tombstone from the Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013.

$Galerie de l\'objet$ +2

ID: NGR-011810-P

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

Emplacement de la pierre tombale:

Numéro de secteur 18a (Old Rossa) Numéro de la tombe 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

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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