Epitaph 9

 

Epitaph 9
Tablica 2

1594 DEN 26 DECEMB.

IST IN GOT SELIG. ENTSCHAFFEN MARTA

DES ERBA

RIACOB BERTERMANS

GELIBTES TOCHTERLLIN DER GOT GENADE.

In 1594 on 26th December

In God fell asleep Martha, beloved daughter

Of esteemed Jacob Berterman

may God bless her.

Text of the inscription is carved in majuscule with concave letters.

Location:

Outside the southern aisle of the church, to the east from the wall of the chapel, near the boiler room entrance. Rectangular sandstone plaque, currently mounted in the church wall with cement and metal hooks. It depicts a standing child in a dress, the inscription circles the figure.

Jacob Bertermann was a wealthy merchant of Jelenia Góra living at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Edited by Ivo Łaborewicz, Translated by Agnieszka Krzysztoń