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Museum Institutions in Monuments - Positive and Negative Aspects of Adaptation: The New Amber Museum and Museum of Science in Gdansk, Poland
PublicationThe issue of the creation and location of new museums is a current topic. The decision of where and how to create new museum facilities will impact successful function in the future. Museums are either located in newly designed buildings or in existing buildings. In general, existing buildings adapted for museum use are either formally under conservational protection or not. With regard to museum location in preserved monuments,...
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Technical Limitations in Merging Secular and Sacred Functions in Monumental Churches
PublicationThe abandonment of churches and their adaptation for secular purposes is a current subject in Europe and worldwide. Most cases involve objects that were desacralized and then rebuilt as a whole object for alternative functions. Thus far, the merging of secular and sacred functions in one monumental Catholic church has not raised any issues. The paper describes the case of St. Catherine’s Church in Gdansk, Poland, where sacred function...
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Combination of terrestrial laser scanning and UAV photogrammetry for 3D modelling and degradation assessment of heritage building based on a lighting analysis: case study—St. Adalbert Church in Gdansk, Poland
PublicationThe construction of the St. Adalbert Church in Gdansk dates to 1310. It is a church of rich history and great historical value, and its care is challenging. In this study, the combination of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) was used to accurately build a 3D model of the church. Together with the collected historical inventory documentation, the historic building information model...
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Diagnostics of pillars in St. Mary’s Church (Gdańsk, Poland) using the GPR method
PublicationThe main goal of this study was non-destructive evaluation of pillars in the St. Mary’s Church (Gdańsk, Poland) using the ground penetrating radar (GPR) technique. The GPR inspection was conducted on four brick masonry pillars and five pillars strengthened by reinforced concrete jacketing. Data were acquired with a 2 GHz antenna along longitudinal and transverse profiles. The study involved the estimation of the electromagnetic...
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Relicts of the 16th-century cellar by the St Mary's Church in Gdansk / Relikty piwnicy z XVI w. przy kościele Wniebowzięcia NMP w Gdańsku
PublicationSaint Mary’s church in Gdańsk, one of the largest brick Gothic temples in the World, has got no external chapels – except the House of Councils. Its architectural form, however, is not the result of implementation of one project, but realization of a few transforming concepts. The discovery of the relicts of the 16 th century cellars, located in the corner of the transept and the northern aisle, gives an idea of the process...
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Chapel at St. Joseph's Church in Gdańsk
PublicationThe subject of this article is the chapel located in the former Gdańsk Carmelite monastery complex. The results of the architectural research carried out in it in 2014–2015 are presented. As a result, the time and purpose of the building’s construction were established. The original appearance and traces of later alterations were also recognised. The recesses found on the longitudinal walls, of similar dimensions, not reaching...
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Sundials of St Mary’s Church in Gdańsk / Zegary słoneczne kościoła pw. Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Panny Marii w Gdańsku
PublicationThe paper presents contemporary research evidence of form, function and history of the sundials of St Mary’s Church in Gdańsk. The discussed sundials are located on the southern wall of the church transept. The sundial, which is believed to be made by Lorenzo Zachau in 1533, is placed on the west side of the western window, at the edge of the wall. The face of this sundial is separated by a horizontal line into two parts. The upper...
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Epitaph of Anna Loitz in St. Mary's Church in Gdansk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk which is dedicated to Anna Loitz, daughter of the well-known merchant Michał Loitz, wife of the juror and councilor Jan Konnert the Younger. The data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription of its text in Latin, its Polish translation,...
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A palatal prosthesis from archaeological research in the St Francis of Assisi church in Cracow (Poland)
PublicationThe hard palate is a septum that not only prevents food from entering between the oral and nasal cavity, but also plays an important role during breathing or speech. The presence of cavities within it negatively affects the comfort of life of people with this type of impairment. Hence, in the literature one can find examples of the use of hard palate prostheses to restore the separation between the nasal and oral cavity. During...
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Epitaph of Dorothy and John Brandes in St. Mary's Church in Gdansk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to John Brandes, highly influential citizen of Gdańsk, whose official career was crowned with the function of mayor, and his wife Dorothy née Zimmermann. The epitaph was founded by their family, and especially by their grandson John Speymann,...
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Epitaph of Martin Ramus in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk which is dedicated to Martin Ramus, teacher of the parochial school at the St. Mary church in Gdansk who died on 24th of June 1631 in Gdańsk. The data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription of its text in Latin, its Polish translation,...
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Epitaph of John Botsack in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk which is dedicated to John Botsack, esteemed professor and rector of the Gdańsk Academic Gymnasium, Lutheran pastor of the St. Mary church in Gdańsk, author of many theological dissertations, polemical writings and sermons written in both Latin and German....
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St. Adalberd church 3D point model
Open Research DataResearch data show the church of St. Adalbert in Gdansk, Poland. Two layers are presented in the .zip file: one represents the laser scanning result, the second represents the point cloud from 36 photogrammetry images from the UAV system. The aligned point clouds formed the basis to create the high-resolution 3D model. Reference data are laser scanning...
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Foundation text of St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the medieval foundation preserved on the wall above the sacristy entrance in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, which confirms that the foundation stone of the temple was laid on 28th of March 1343. The data set contains one general photo of the foundation text, transcription of its text in Latin and its Polish...
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Sepulchral plate of James von Werden in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the It refers to the sepulchral plate placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk which is dedicated to James von Werden, a rich merchant, a provisor of St. Mary Church in Gdańsk, father of Mayor John von Werden, a founder of this sepulchral plate. The data set contains one general photo of the sepulchral plate,...
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Plaque of Dorothy and John Brandes in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the plaque placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to John Brandes, highly influential citizen of Gdańsk, whose official career was crowned with the function of mayor, and his wife Dorothy née Zimmermann. The plaque was placed in the church in 1586. Data set contains two photos of the plaque,...
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Epitaph of Bartholomew Wagner in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to Bartholomew Wagner, city physician from 1562, who came to Gdańsk from Konigsberg. Data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription of its text in Latin, its translation in Polish, and the biography of the deceased, also...
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Epitaph of John Schroeder in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to John Schröder, son of Simon. John, as he was a single, erected this epitaph for himself. Data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription of its text in Latin, its translation in Polish, and the biography of the deceased,...
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Epitaph of Henry Giese in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to Henry Giese, a member of merchant family that came from Germany and settled down in Gdańsk in XVI century. Data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription of its text in Latin, its translation in Polish, and the biography...
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Epitaph of Oehm family in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to Öhm family, rather unknown to Gdańsk. The epitaph was erected by two latest representatives of family – John and Andrew. Data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription of its text in Latin, its translation in Polish,...