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Epitaph of Justus and Mikolaj Slowikowski
Subject
Epitafium
Author, school, workshop
Nieznany
Contributor
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Style
Barok
Date
Po 1678 r.
Type
Przyścienna forma architektoniczna
Material and technique
Czarny marmur/Obraz malowany na blasze, złocenie
Size
Tablice: 1) 69,5 x 69 cm, 2) 70 x 68,5 cm
Signatures and inscriptions
1) D(EO) O(PTIMO) M(AXIMO) | IVSTO SŁOWIKOWSKI1 S(ANCTE) TH(EOLOGIAE) ET I(VRIS) V(TRIVSQVE) DOCTORI | ECCLESIAE HVIVS ARCHIPRESBYTERO CAN(ONI)CO CRACOVIEN[SI] | S(ACRAE) REGIE) M(AIESTATIS) SECRETARIO | MAGNORVM IN ECCLESIA DEI MERITORVM VIRO OB EXIMIAM PIETATIS ERVDITIONIS IVDICYQ(VE) PRAESTANTIAM | MAIORA HABITIS PRO MERITO OPTIMA CONSTANTI COMPOSITAQ(VE) MENTE | SPECTATA MAGNO REGNI THECETRO PROBATAQ(VE) VIRTVTE AD SVMMA OMNIA EXERCITO MVNYS CVRIAE EPISCOPALIS ET G[E]N[ERJALIS AVDITORIS | ILL(V)S(TRISSIMI ET R(EVERE)ND(ISSI)MI D(OMI)NI PETRI GEMBICKI EPISCOPI CRAC(OVIENSIS) | FIDELITER AC FELICITER PERFVNCTO | TEMPLI HVIVS TITVLARIS EXORNATORI ET VLTIMIS MANDATIS | IN CHRISTVM HAEREDEM EXASSE MVNIFICO DEMVM VIII CAL(ENDAS) APRIL(IS) AN(N)O D(OMINI MDCLIV AETATIS SVAE | ANNO LIX BONORVM OMNIVM LVCTVO EXTINCTO | MONVMENTVM HOC EXECVTORES TESTAMENTI CONFRATRI DESIDERATISSIMO PONI FECERVNT | TV PIE IESV AETERNAM DONA EI REQVIEM. 2) D(EO) O(PTIMO) M(AXIMO) | POSTHVMAM HANC MEMORIAM EVE NICOLAO SLOWIKOWSKI S(ANCTAE) TH(EOLOGIE) ET(IVRIS) V(TRIVS)Q(VE). DOC[TORI] | PROTONOTARIO APOSTOLICO CANONICO CRAC[OVIENSI] | ECCLESIAE HVIVS ARCHIPRESBYTERO INFVLATO PRHEPOSITO KIELCENSI S(ACRAE) R(EGIAE) M(AIESTATIS) SECRETARIO APVD PETRVM GEMBICKI E(PISCO)PVM CRAC(OVIENSEM) | GENE- RALIS AVDITORIS MVNERI EGREGIE PERFVNCTO | AB ANDREA TRZEBICKI EPISCOPO CRAC(OVIENSI) | AD ARCHIDIACONATVM CRACOVIENSEM) MODESTE RECVSATVM | HONORIFICE VOCATO AD ALEXANDRVM VII. PONTIFICEM MAXIMVM | NOMINE CAPITVLORVM POLONIAE ROMAM INTERNVNTIO | IVRIVM ET BONORVM ECCL(ES)IAE HVIVS VINDICI OPTIMO VIRTVTE PRVDENTIA AVTHORITATE IVRISQ(VE) PERITIA SVMMO ET INCOMPARABILI VIRO POST INSIGNIA VIRTVTVM ET MERITORVM EXEMPLA AD IMMORTALEM VITAM TRANSLATO | EXECVTORES TESTAMENTI POSVERVNT | VIXIT ANNIS LIX OBIIT ANNO D(OMI)NI MDCLXXVIII | DIE XXIII MENSIS FEBRVARII IN BONIS HAEREDITARIIS SRENIAWA.
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
Prezbiterium, ściana północna
Description
Baroque double epitaph of Justus (d. 1654) and Mikołaj (d. 1678) Słowikowski. Justus Słowikowski - doctor of theology and both laws, canon of Kraków and Płock, parish priest of Niepołomice, archpriest of St Mary's since 1640, auditor of Bishop Piotr Gembicki. Mikołaj Słowikowski - doctor of both laws, Just's nephew, canon of Krakow, archpriest of St Mary's since 1662. The epitaph was made of black marble. The plaques are set in a rich border composed of volutes, rollers and ferrule ornaments, with portraits of the deceased on tin above the plaques. The whole is crowned with a cross.