1739 - Statue of St. John of Nepomuk - Dašice, Czech Republic
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Two chronograms on the pedestal of the statue of St. John of Nepomuk
Waymark Code: WM10557
Location: Pardubický kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 02/28/2019
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The chronogram are located on the sandstone pedestal.
The Roman numerals of chronogram are larger than the other letters and are red color-coded from the rest of the text.
The year 1739 from the chronograms referring to erection of the statue.
The chronograms:
anno qVoIn faVsta CrVDeLItas tVrCICa In ChrIstIasseCLas CVDIt et agItaVItenses -> 1739
sVVatI Iene toto MIestIs oDpotVpI Czas nI a VVIeCznI opatrVg a ostrzIheg -> 1739
Saint John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) [Czech: Jan Nepomucký; German: Johannes Nepomuk; Latin: Ioannes (or Ioannis) Nepomucenus (c. 1345 – March 20, 1393) is the saint of Bohemia (Czech Republic), who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans and King of Bohemia. Later accounts state that he was the confessor of the queen of Bohemia and he refused to divulge the secrets of the confessional. On the basis of this account, John of Nepomuk is considered the first martyr of the Seal of the Confessional, a patron against calumnies and, because of the manner of his death, a protector from floods and drowning.
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Na dvou kamenných neprofilovaných stupních stojí trojdílný podstavec s profilovaným soklem, hranolovým dríkem zdobeným rytými kartušemi a s profilovanou prímou rímsou. V celní kartuši dríku je nepravidelná jizva po chybejícím reliéfu (údajne poprsí madony s deckem) s mohutnou reliéfní svatozárí. Vlevo v kartuši nápis: "ANNO / QvOiN FAvSTA / cRvdEliTAS / TuRcicA iN / cHRiSTiASSEclAS / cvdiT ET / AGiTAviTENSES //". Na pravém boku nápis: "SwATi iENE / TOTO miESTiS / OdPOTuPi cZAS / Ni A wiEcZNi / OPATRvG / A OSTRZiHEG //". Na zadní strane reliéf poutníka s holí, kloboukem v podpaždí, se svatozárí, z mraku ozáren paprsky slunce. V dolní cásti kartuše s nápisem: " SI ANDO BOLESLAWE / TVTVGE //. Na soklu podstavce sign. G.S.F. / I. D. / A 1739, nápis obnoveno 1882, 1934. Na podstavci stojí socha svetce na vlastním tvarovaném soklíku, s andílkem u nohou, který k nemu vztahuje ruce. Svetec v kanovnickém rouchu, biret na hlave, ruce sepjaté na prsou, shlíží dolu k andílkovi.