1748 - Statue of St. John of Nepomuk - Lhota Rapotina, Czech Republic
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A chronogram on the pedestal of the statue of St. John of Nepomuk
Waymark Code: WM15327
Location: Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/05/2021
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The chronogram is located on the sandstone pedestal. The Roman numerals of chronogram are larger than the other letters and are not color-coded from the rest of the text.
The year 1748 from the chronogram referring to erection of the statue.
The chronogram:
VVIstaVVena statVa tato ke CtI a ChVVaLe sVVateho Iana nepoMVCkeho skrze Ioanessa kVCtI a pro Cest boha otCe az na VVIekI VVIekVVV
The note: the size of the letters on the last 4 lines of inscription is difficult to distinguish - e.g. the word kVCtI =>
I used the letter sizes to get the year I needed.
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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V centrální cásti obce na námestícku stojí v ctvercovém vyhrazeném prostoru kamenná skulptura svetce na volutovém podstavci. Podstavec je tvoren hranolovým soklem se zvonovicovým zakoncením, vysokým hranolovým stredem s regulovanými volutami a vyloženou profilovanou rímsou. Strední cást je opatrena hranolovitými vpadlinami. Na celní strane cesky psaný chronogram.
Zezadu ANNO 1748 z boku Nakladem / Karoliny Kuce / ra / 1887. Na podstavci stojí na nízkém plintu a oblacné základne s andílcími hlavickami socha svetce. Postava je v mírne esovitém pohybu s hlavou sklonenou k levému rameni. Sv. Jan je oden do kanovnického roucha s rochetou a kožešinovou mozzettou a biretem na hlave. Kolem hlavy svetci obíhá svatozár s peti pozlacenými hvezdami. Postava obema rukama svírá krucifix a palmovou ratolest.