Breslau Cabinet of Natural and Artificial Curiosities

following: upon a sarcophagus of black Cracow marble, which is surrounded by a lower border of the same stone, sits Glory, holding a palm in her right hand and the Arzatian coat of arms in her left, to whom Hope offers an oak crown; Fame holds an inscription of the same black marble, arranged with wonderful art, with white lettering inset. A white marble coin is affixed to the sarcophagus, expressing the face of the Lord of Arzat, all of which were carved from white Salzburg marble, and that of the most beautiful kind. Opposite, in the chapel, can be seen another epitaph by the hand of the same artist, dedicated to the memory of the noble youth Pestaluzy; above stands his bust-length effigy, which a small boy shades from above with a bundle of flowers, while below, next to the coat of arms of his nobility, another boy sits weeping, made of the same white and blue Salzburg and Priborn marble.

Furthermore, it has a pulpit of excellent work, carved by the skilled sculptor Fridericus Grosfius in the year 1581 from translucent alabaster from Poland, and green marble first quarried by the same author at Mount Zaboth, and adorned here and there with various images. In addition, in this same church, a most artful and altogether sweetest pneumatic organ was completed at the end of last year, after Joh. Roederus of Berlin spent three years and a quarter building it. The external arrangement of the pipes is entirely singular, to which the multifarious sculptural ornaments of the often-praised Urbansky added greater splendor. In the middle stands the Glory (as they call it) with a glittering glass sun or all-seeing eye of God, and slightly higher up, Eternity. The highest place is occupied on one side by the Royal Prophet David with his lyre, on the other by Asaph in a form more majestic than human; somewhat lower down on both sides, 2 drums stand out, which are played by wooden boys that are artfully flexible, and are stepped upon by some keys built above the pedal; just as also a certain system of bells is moved by the pedal, where 26 bells are struck by as many boys, who are woven into garlands, and hold a small bell in one hand and a metal mallet in the other.