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thecondemnationofmemoryinthemodernepitaphsofcentralPomerania
andinglory,heperformedhispublicdutieslHe
didnotvalueanythingmorethanblessedpeacel
Duringhislifeherespectedthepeopleaswellas
theirsuperiors;hegavethemgiftsthatshallbehere
foreverlMaytheposterityappreciatehisdeedswith
thoughtsfullofgratitudeandhonourthemanwith
duerespectlJustasthedivinespiritalwayslivesin
theworld,mayhisvirtueliveinourtownl”
Nowadays,thelowerpartoftheepitaphismiss-
ingandmanydetailsthatconstitutedthecontent
oftheoriginalcompositionhavebeendestroyedlIn
themeagredescriptionsofthemonumentmadeso
far,themainpaintinghasbeenwronglyinterpret-
edtoillustrateAscension,insteadofResurrectionl
Thereareseveralreasonsforthisrecurrentmistakel
Beforethewar,afigureofChirstTriumphantwith
abannerandstandingonaspherethatsymbol-
izedtheEarthwasplacedonthetopofthemiddle
partoftheepitaphlThefigureofChristwasac-
companiedbytwoangelsstandingonthetopsof
theepitaph)ssidepartslThepaintinginthelower
rightpartoftheepitaphmostprobablydepicts
Jonahsteppingoutfrombetweenthejawsofthe
fishthatswallowedhimlThisscenefromtheOld
TestamentcorrespondswiththesceneofResurrec-
tionfromtheNewTestamentl9Ifthishadbeenthe
sceneofAscension,inalllikelihood,insteadofthe
guardsthepainterwouldhavepaintedthedisciples
ofChristfollowingtheirMasterbeingtakenupto
thehouseofFatherwiththeireyesl
Theepitaphhasretaineditsarchitectonicchar-
acter;ithasthreeaxes,onestoreywithapedestal
andanepitaphcrownlMostpaintingsarerectangu-
larandthemainpaintingisframedbytwopairsof
DoriccolumnsoneachsidelThecolumnshavepol-
ishedshaftswithmascaronsandcabochondecora-
tionsattheirbaseslOnthecartouchesbetweenthe
29
9Asimilarpatternwasmirroredonthepolychromyofthe
vaultsinthecentralnave:abigfishswallowsJonah,Christ
isbeinglaidinhistomb,Jonahissteppingoutofthefish)s
mouthontheshore,resurrectedChristwithabannertri-
umphingoverSatanlThemainpaintingdepictsChristwith
abannerinhisglory,dressedinpurplerobeswithhishand
triumphantlyraisedinagestureof“takeheartIhaveovercome
theworld”(John16:33,NIVBible1973)lInthelowerpart
ofthemainpainting,therearesleepingguards,asitwaswrit-
tenintheGospel:“someoftheguardswentintothecityand
reportedtothechiefpriestseverythingthathadhappenedl
Whenthechiefpriestshadmetwiththeeldersanddevised
aplan,theygavethesoldiersalargesumofmoney,telling
them,"Youaretosay,Hisdisciplescameduringthenightand
stolehimawaywhilewewereasleep”(Matthew28:11-15
NIVBible1973)lDziemba(2011)l
columns,overlion)smouths,therearenarrowniches
framedbyastragalsandtoppedbyanarchivoltwith
anornamentonsegmentalcorniceslThenichesare
decoratedwithasashthathasthreeverticalrosettes
onitsaxisandashellinaconchaframedbypairs
ofacanthusleavesonthetoplAbovetheniches,in
radiallyrusticatedrings,therearelifelikehuman
headsonlongneckswithruffandvolute-shaped
hatslAlltheelementsarecontainedwithinnarrow
doorcasingsdecoratedwithanimalandplantpat-
ternsalongwithcolumnssupporttheentablature
withscrollworksontheundersidelTheentablature
isornamentedwithverticalmodillions,Ioniccyma-
tiums,astragalsandcubesplacedinterchangeablyl10
Thecrowingpartoftheepitaphisplacedon
apedestalthatisnarrowerthanitsentablaturelIt
isdecoratedwithcolumnsintheformofupturned
cannonscrownedwithcornicesthatareencasedin
thelateralaxesoftheframesintheshapeofrus-
ticatedportalswitharcadesandconsoleslOnits
sidesthemiddlepartoftheepitaphhasvolutes
crownedwithgryphon)sheadslThemiddlepartof
theepitaphcrownishigher,framedbyvoluteson
eachsidecornicelOnitswoodenentablature,there
isapedimentwiththeEyeofProvidencelVaseson
cuboidplinthswereplacedonthetopedgesofthe
epitaphcrownl
Itishighlyprobablethatthesculpturesofthe
epitaphhavebeeneitherdamagedorputinaplace
notyetdiscoveredbyresearchers,whichispossible
asthemonumenthasnotbeenextensivelystud-
iedlLiquidatingtheinscriptionplaque,however,
seemstobeadeliberateact,sinceatthattimeGer-
manwritingswereusuallyassociatedwiththewar
andthememoryofthosetragiceventslInthisway,
amonumentthatcommemoratedaparticularper-
sonisgenerallydeemedtobenamelesslThestoryof
FaustusKnigge)sepitaphcorrespondswiththatof
theepitaphsofthevonPlatenfamilyfromRarwinol
Rarwino(GermanRafin)isavillageregistered
inthemedievaltimes;thenamewasfirstdocu-
mentedin1380asapartoftheestateofthevon
FlemmingfamilylTheestatewastakenoverbythe
vonPlatenfamilyin1729lThechurchinRarwino
wasbuiltin1535andthenrebuiltafterafirein
1803l11
Thechurchsheltersearlyclassicisticmonu-
mentsdevotedtothemembersofthevonPlaten
10Grygorczyk,Jaskanis,Zakrzewski(1983:544)l
11Horoszko(1998:2646)l
