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family:FriedrichDubisław,HansFriedrichandHi-
politaJuliannaPlaten,néevonPodewils(illsl2-4)l
Theepitaphshaveasimilarcompositionwiththree
zones,madefromblocksofmarbleandsandstonel
InthelowerpartofFriedrichDubisław)sepi-
taph,thereisaquarteredshieldwithcoatsofarms12l
Apairofheraldicheadsonverticalwings,thevon
Platen)scoatofarms,theMaltesecrossarecarvedin
thefieldoftheshieldlTheshieldisfestoonedwith
achainofeaglesandGreekcrosseslAmedallionin
theshapeoftheMaltesecrossdecoratesthechainl
Theepitaphisframedbyapairofuppervolutesl
Intheupperpartoftheepitaph,thereisanin-
scriptionplaquewithpanoplysoneachsidelAbove
thecornice,thereisanellipticalmedallionwith
areliefofFriedrichDubisławlThemedallionis
framedbyamournerandaputtoofdeath)sgeniusl
Bothofthemusetheirrighthandstowipetheir
eyeswiththeshawldrapedoverthecompositionl13
IntheepitaphofHansFriedrich14,thelower
partoftheepitaphhasatrapezoidshapecoveredby
ornamentwiththefamily)scoatofarmsinitscen-
trel15Theinscriptiveplaquehastheformofaverti-
calrectangle,framedbypilastersthatsupportthe
cornicelTheepitaphiscrownedwithacentrally-
situatedfigureofawomanthatsupportsherleft
handontheovalshieldlTherearebannersonboth
sidesofthefigurel
InthelowerpartofHipolitaJulianna)sepi-
taph16,therearetwocoatsofarmsofthevonPlaten
familyandofthevonPodewilsfamily,herancestral
coatofarmslSimilarlytootherepitaphsfromRar-
wino,theinscriptionwasmadeonaslightlyconvex
plaqueframedinitslowerpartbytwoornamented
voluteslTheplaqueisframedbytwoarchedpilas-
tersdecoratedwithcampanullaslTheleftpilasteris
convexwithacapitalandtherightoneisconcave
withavoluteonitstoplTheepitaphiscrowned
withaconcaveandconvexarchlThereisafigure
ofawomansittingonthecornicelWithherright
12Theepitaphwasmadein1787,authorunknownlFull
Size250x150cmlGrygorczyk,Jaskanis,Zakrzewski(1983:
965)l
13Grygorczyk,Jaskanis,Zakrzewski(1983:965)l
14Theepitaphwascreatedafter1743,authorunknownl
Fullsize263x164cmlGrygorczyk,Jaskanis,Zakrzewski
(1983:961)l
15Loose,Lucas(1965:962)l
16Theepitaphwascreatedin1768,authorunknownlFull
size250x150cmlGrygorczyk,Jaskanis,Zakrzewski(1983:
963)l
hand,shepointstotheurnwiththeskullsonitslid
andinherlefthandsheholdsaportraitshieldl17
Allofthethreeepitaphswerepaintedover
withadoublecoatofwhiteoilpaintinthe1970s,
thusdestroyingtheartisticvalueoftheseworks
andrenderingtheinscriptionsillegiblelThemain
sourcethatcontainsthecontentoftheinscriptions
isaninventoryoftheKöslinDistrict18byLudwig
Böttgerl19
Anotherexample,theleastdrasticofalldis-
cussedinthisarticle,ofawillfuldestructionof
epitaphsinCentralPomeraniaisthemonument
withapartiallypaintedoverinscriptionplaque
fromtheMuseumofKoszalin,anepitaphofChris-
tophHeinrichvonderGoltzlThehistoryofthe
monument,similarlytoFaustusKnigge)sepitaph,
isnotknownlThearticlepioneersthesubjectand
forthefirsttimepresentskeyfactsinthemonu-
ment)shistorycollectedbytheauthorlTheepitaph
wasfoundedin1755byageneral)swidowElisabeth
JuliannevonBoninlItwasinitiallylocatedinthe
churchbuiltatthebeginningofthe17thcenturyin
Rzepczyno(inGermanRepzin),asmallvillagein
theWesternPomeraniaprovince,wherein1934it
wasseenbyJuliusKöhte20,aresearcherwhothen
listedallthearchitecturalandartisticmonuments
inPomeranial
RzepczynowasfoundedduringtheMiddleAgesl
DuringthereignofFrederictheGreatofPrussia,
thevonBoninfamilywastheownerofthevillagel
Theysoldthepropertyin1786lItispresumedthat
after1945theepitaphwasmovedtotheformerly
GermanpalaceinRzepczynolTheoldestpartofthe
palace,itsmiddlecorpusandeastwing,wasbuiltin
thefirsthalfofthe19thcentury21lAfterthewarthe
buildingwasadaptedtohouseastatenursinghome
andtheepitaphwashandedovertotheMuseum
ofKoszalinlThemonumentwasthenrenovatedin
aconservationworkshopinGdańskl22
Theepitaphismadeofwoodandcoveredwith
polychromy;itis190centimetreswideand170
centimetreslonglItsauthororthesculptingand
woodcarvingworkshopthatmadethemonument
remainsunknown,similarlytootherepitaphsfrom
17Grygorczyk,Jaskanis,Zakrzewski(1983:963)l
18ThecityofKoszalin(GermanKöslin)atthattimewas
apartoftheKingdomofPrussial
19Böttger(1890)l
20Köhte(1934:9-10)l
21Witek(2001)l
22Koch,Kołecki,Wolańska(1975)l
