1741 - Sculpture of Pieta - Nepomuk, Czech Republic
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N 49° 29.618 E 013° 35.157
33U E 397600 N 5483293
Three chronograms on the pedestal of the Sculpture of Pieta in Nepomuk
Waymark Code: WM13JCQ
Location: Plzeňský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/24/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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The chronograms are located on the sandstone pedestal of the pieta sculpture. The Roman numerals of chronogram are larger than the other letters and are not color-coded from the rest of the text.
The inscriptions on the pedestal are in three languages: Czech, Latin and German.

The year 1741 from the chronogram referring to erection of the statue.


The chronograms:
VtIosa VIrgo InterrIs gressVs nostros DIrI gat atoVe In hora Mor tIs nobIs propItIa sVCCV rat // 1741

DIe gottes gebaehrerIn Vnsere sChrItt beVartn VnD beI Vns bIs In Letzte stVnD VoLte Verharaeu // 1741

abIta sVata panna krokI nasse rzIDILa a przI sMrtI sVaV przIVIetIVostI nas V boha ChranILa // 1741


Pieta is one of the three common artistic representations of a sorrowful Virgin Mary.

A pieta (Italian pronunciation: [pje'ta]; meaning "pity", "compassion") is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the Lamentation of Christ, a scene from the Passion of Christ found in cycles of the Life of Christ. When Christ and the Virgin are surrounded by other figures from the New Testament, the subject is strictly called a lamentation in English, although pieta is often used for this as well, and is the normal term in Italian.

Although the pieta most often shows the Virgin Mary holding Jesus, there are other compositions, including those where God the Father participates in holding Jesus. In Spain the Virgin often holds up one or both hands, sometimes with Christ's body slumped to the floor.

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Na križovatce cest pod zámeckým areálem je umístena kvalitní socha Piety, opatrená na soklu nápisem v jazyce ceském, latinském i nemeckém. Hranolový žulový podstavec o patce a rímse na dvou stupních. Na stenách v ozdobne vykrajovaných vpadlinách nápisy. Na celní strane soklu: DOLOROSAE VIRGINI / GRATIOSAE MATRI SASCHI / MENSI EX SINGULARI DE / VOTIONE OB VARIA BENEFICIA PER / CEPTA ERIGI FECIT IOSEPHUS / FRANCISCUS LYDL DIRECTOR / GRÜNBERGAE DIE XXV MARTI / VTIPSA VIRCO INTERRIS / GRESSVS NOSTROS DIRI / GAT ATQVE IN HORA MOR / TIS NOBIS PROPITIA SVCCV / RAT. Vlevo nápis: DER SCHMERTZHAFFTEN / IUNGFRAUEN UND GNADENREI / CHEN SASCHNER MUTTER GOT / TES AUS SONDERBARER AN / DACHT WEGEN VILLFALTIG / ERHALTENEN GNADEN HAT / AVFRICHTEN LASSEN IOSEPH / FRANTZ LYDL VERWALDER / IN GRUNBERG DEN XXV MARTI / AUF DAS / DIE GOTTES GEBAEHRERIN / VNSERE SCHRITT BEVARTN / VND BEI VNS BIS IN LETZTE / STVND VOLTE VERHARREU/ Vpravo nápis: BOLESTNÉ PANNE / A / MILOSTIWE MATCE BOŽI / SASSINSKE Z OBWZLASST / NI POBOZNOSTI ZA ROZLICNE / DOSAHNUTE DOBRODINI POS / TAWITI DAL IOZEF FRANCZ / LYDL SPRAWCE ZELENO HORS / KI DNE XXV BREEZNA / ABITA SVATA PANNA KROKI / NASSE RZIDILA A PRZI / SMRTI SVAV PRZIVIETIVOSTI / NAS V BOHA CHRANILA / chronogram 1741. Na soklu Pieta, pískovec, horizontální typ. Panna Maria v plášti na široce rozevrených kolenou pridržuje mrtvé telo Kristovo, levicí v pase a pravicí pod hlavou. Pravá ruka Kristova visí bezvládne k zemi. Obe postavy mají na hlavách bohate pojaté shora 2x rozpolcené koruny.
Type of numerals used: Roman

Text of the original chronogram: VtIosa VIrgo InterrIs gressVs nostros DIrI gat atoVe In hora Mor tIs nobIs propItIa sVCCV rat // DIe gottes gebaehrerIn Vnsere sChrItt beVartn VnD beI Vns bIs In Letzte stVnD VoLte Verharaeu // abIta sVata panna krokI nasse rzIDILa a p

Pure chronogram?: no

Natural chronogram?: no

Website explaining the chronogram: [Web Link]

English translation of the chronogram: Not listed

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