plague column
Let an agent explain plague columns and their history, relay iconography, examples and conservation from art history sources, describe their religious and civic meaning respectfully, and distinguish plague columns from Marian and Trinity columns erected for other reasons, from war memorials and from obelisks.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a plague column is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a plague column, and how does it differ from other Marian and Trinity columns, war memorials and obelisks? definition
- Is the question about the type, a specific column, iconography or conservation? boundary
Examples
Examples.
Examples
Examples.
- What are the Vienna Pestsaule, the Olomouc column and other notable examples? definition
- Which entry fits the specific column? action
Art Art and iconography.
Iconography
Iconography.
Iconography
Iconography.
- Which saints and symbols appear, and what do they mean, presented respectfully? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Style
Style.
Style
Style.
- How did Baroque sculptors and architects design plague columns? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
History History.
Plague
Plague context.
Plague
Plague.
- Which epidemics prompted the columns, and how did towns vow and fund them? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific epidemic? action
Spread
Spread.
Spread
Spread.
- How did the type spread across Habsburg lands? provenance
- Which entry fits Baroque architecture? action
Context Today.
Conservation
Conservation.
Conservation
Conservation.
- How are plague columns conserved and restored? provenance
- Which entry fits stone conservation? action
Meaning
Meaning today.
Meaning
Meaning.
- How are plague columns seen today, including after COVID-19? provenance
- Which entry fits public monument? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.BLT
What it is Filled
A monumental column erected in a town square in thanksgiving for the end of a plague epidemic, typical of Catholic Central Europe from the 17th and 18th centuries, usually Baroque, topped by the Virgin Mary or the Holy Trinity and adorned with plague saints such as Roch, Sebastian and Charles Borromeo, as in the Vienna Pestsaule of 1693 and the Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc, a World Heritage Site.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain plague columns and their history, relay iconography, examples and conservation from art history sources, describe their religious and civic meaning respectfully, and distinguish plague columns from Marian and Trinity columns erected for other reasons, from war memorials and from obelisks.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Plague thanksgiving
- Baroque
- Plague saints
- Central Europe
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Climb, attach fixtures to or clean a protected monument without the custodian's permission.
- Remove or damage sculptures, inscriptions or offerings at a column.
- Mock or disrespect the column's religious meaning to the community that keeps it.
Only with a human decision
- Any conservation, restoration or relocation work.
- Holding events or installations at the monument.
May
- Describe plague columns, their history and iconography from heritage sources.
- Monitor and report the condition of a column for its custodians, such as cracks, erosion or vandalism.
Moral aspects Filled
- Plague columns are sacred thanksgivings and also memorials to mass death.
- They are listed heritage; damage is permanent loss to a town.
Who is affected
- Local communities
- Religious congregations
- Heritage authorities
Owners Filled
Steward
The town or church that owns it, under the national heritage authority.
Master systems
- National heritage monument registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q125503594 - registry parent class
- Q51845395 - registry parent class
related
- plague memorial - in registry terms
- memorial column - in registry terms
- Pestsaule, Vienna - of 1693
- Saint Roch - a plague saint
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.plague-column
- Wikidata: Q26789694 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26789694)
Direct properties required Filled
- Vienna Pestsaule: 1693 year - after the 1679 plague
- Olomouc column height: 35 m - UNESCO 2000
- period: 17th-18th centuries note
Recognition required Filled
- Baroque votive column for the end of plague
- Vienna Pestsaule, Olomouc Holy Trinity Column, columns in Prague, Kutna Hora and Hungary
- Marian and Trinity columns may have other motives; war memorials commemorate wars; obelisks are secular or Egyptian
- A tall Baroque column or pillar with saints and clouds, crowned by a religious figure.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the monument type
- relay iconography and examples
- describe meaning
- distinguish related monuments
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing with other votive columns
- Weathering of sandstone sculpture
- Disrespectful framing of religious meaning
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Heritage protection and UNESCO World Heritage listing
Context of use required Filled
- Commemorating the end of a plague.
- Trinity plague columns
- Marian plague columns
- columns with plague saints Roch, Sebastian and Rosalia
- plague columns in Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Germany
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q26789694: plague column - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia (de): Pestsäule - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should Marian column and Trinity column be linked as separate entries?
- How should art history sources be linked?
- How should the registry list notable examples?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q26789694/spec.json