Tombstone of Johann Friedrich Wolfgang

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

ID: NGR-012352-P

Tombstone of Johann Friedrich Wolfgang

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Tombstone originally in the form of a cast iron cross on an irregular stele. The cross is not preserved. On the stele at the front an engraved inscription.

Inscription:

Janowi Fryderykowi / WOLFGANG / Ur. d. 17 lipca 1776 r. / + d. 17 marca 1859 . / Dokt. fil. Profesorowi Emeryt. b. / Uniw Wilensk. Jednemu z założycie - / li lekarsk. Tow. Wilen. Członkowi wielu / uczonych towarzystwa Radcy kol: i K-wi / Męzowi cnotami i nauką strudzonemu / Wdzięczne dzieci Naylepszemu / Światłem nauk świeciłeś wśród ziomków i dzieci / Niechaj Ci teraz światłość wieczna świeci //.

Related persons:

Jan Fryderyk Wolfgang

Time of origin:

ca. 1860

Emplacement de la pierre tombale:

Numéro de secteur 14r (Old Rossa) Numéro de la tombe 18

Dimensions:

111 x 74 x 43 cm

Materials:

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

Additional Information about materials:

stele - pink granite; finial - cast iron

Additional information:

According to a file by Lucjan Uziębła, the gravestone was originally located in the Evangelical cemetery, by the western wall. It was crowned by a metal cross and enclosed by the same fence. All lines except 2 in italics

State of preservation:

numerous cavities, lichens, non-maintained finial

Date of documentation:

2013

Author of the documentation sheet:

dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz., Jan Juskowiak

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