DOI article:
Letkiewicz, Ewa: Krzyż pektoralny z grobu Zygmunta Augusta
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.27412#0198
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EWA LETKIEWICZ
In 1813 this unique jewel was bought by Princess Izabela Czartoryska and included in the
collection of relies of the past kept in the so-called Royal Casket exhibited on the altar of the
SibyPs Tempie in Puławy.
In 1939 the cross, along with other jewels, was stolen by the Germans from the Czartoryski
Princes’ palace in Sieniawa where the casket was hidden, together with other relies and works
of art.
Fortunately, the photographs of the casket and of the objects collected in it were preserved.
They were probably taken in 1939 by the custodian of the Czartoryski Princes’ Muséum.
Stefan Saturnin Komornicki.
In the existing literaturę the cross was connected with King Zygmunt August, however,
from the preserved documents describing the death of the King it shows that the lonely ruler.
without his family’s care at the moment of his death, robbed of his properties and jewels, was
dressed in his courtiers’ clothes and jewels. The robes and the grave-clothes were given by
Stanisław Czarnkowski and Bishop Franciszek Krasiński. The jewels, including a gold ring
with a costly stone, were put on the King’s chest by his secretary. Doctor Stanisław Fogelwe-
der. The jewels were inherited by Doctor Fogelweder from the Cracow bishop, Andrzej Zeb-
rzydowski.
It still remains a problem to find out who was the original owner of the cross from the
grave of Zygmunt August. The coat of arms ‘Poraj’ engraved on the reverse points to an
owner different from Bishop Zebrzydowski, as he bore ‘Radwan’ in his coat of arms.
Translatéel by Tadeusz Karłowicz
EWA LETKIEWICZ
In 1813 this unique jewel was bought by Princess Izabela Czartoryska and included in the
collection of relies of the past kept in the so-called Royal Casket exhibited on the altar of the
SibyPs Tempie in Puławy.
In 1939 the cross, along with other jewels, was stolen by the Germans from the Czartoryski
Princes’ palace in Sieniawa where the casket was hidden, together with other relies and works
of art.
Fortunately, the photographs of the casket and of the objects collected in it were preserved.
They were probably taken in 1939 by the custodian of the Czartoryski Princes’ Muséum.
Stefan Saturnin Komornicki.
In the existing literaturę the cross was connected with King Zygmunt August, however,
from the preserved documents describing the death of the King it shows that the lonely ruler.
without his family’s care at the moment of his death, robbed of his properties and jewels, was
dressed in his courtiers’ clothes and jewels. The robes and the grave-clothes were given by
Stanisław Czarnkowski and Bishop Franciszek Krasiński. The jewels, including a gold ring
with a costly stone, were put on the King’s chest by his secretary. Doctor Stanisław Fogelwe-
der. The jewels were inherited by Doctor Fogelweder from the Cracow bishop, Andrzej Zeb-
rzydowski.
It still remains a problem to find out who was the original owner of the cross from the
grave of Zygmunt August. The coat of arms ‘Poraj’ engraved on the reverse points to an
owner different from Bishop Zebrzydowski, as he bore ‘Radwan’ in his coat of arms.
Translatéel by Tadeusz Karłowicz