Epitaph of Jan Nicz, called Leopolita
- Subject
- Epitafium
- Contributor
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- Style
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- Date
- Po 1572 r.
- Type
- Przyścienna forma architektoniczna
- Material and technique
- Piaskowiec, marmur
- Size
- Tablica: 72,5 x 42 cm
- Signatures and inscriptions
- Napis na fryzie: EPITAPHIVM R[EVERE]NDI ET CLARISSIMI VIRI D(OMINI) | IOANNI LEOPOLIE(N)SIS THEOLOGIAE DOCTORIS | CANONICI: S(ANCTI) FLORIANI CONCIONATORIS CRACOVIEN(SIS) | AN[NO] 1572 MORTVI AETATIS 49. Napis na tablicy: HOC TVMVLO, MORIE(N)S, PONI SVA MEMBRA IOANNES1 | IVSSIT: PATRIA CVI TERRA LEONIS ERAT. ELOQVIOQ(VE) POTE(N)S, VIGILANS ET PASTOR OVILIS. | NAM DOCVIT CIVES, IVRA SACRATA, DEI MORIBVS, AC VITAE CVRSV SVAVISSIMVS, OMNI GRATVS ERAT POPVLO, PRINCIPIBVSQ(VE) VIRIS | HAERETICAM PESTE(M) DVM FORTIBVS OPPRIMIT ARMIS. | IN MEDIO CVRSV MORTE PEREMPTVS | VIVAT IN ARCE POLI, DIVORVM LIMINE SACRO, | INTER CONVIVAS, ANGELICOSQ(VE) CHOROS.
- Identity number
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- Department
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- Links/analogies
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- Owner
- Bazylika Mariacka w Krakowie
- Copyright
- Bazylika Mariacka w Krakowie
- Location
- Nawa główna, pierwszy filar po stronie północnej
- Description
- The epitaph of Jan Nicz, called Leopolita (1523-1572), an eminent preacher, professor at the University of Kraków, proof-reader and publisher of the translation of the Bible into Polish, depicts a bas-relief figure of the deceased. The whole is surmounted by a cartouche with an emblem depicting a young man with a banner in his hand flying on a bird.
