{"id":714,"date":"2026-08-03T13:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum.teutsch.ro\/?p=714"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:24:52","slug":"epitaph-of-pastor-michael-salmen-braller-1697","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museum.teutsch.ro\/en\/epitaph-of-pastor-michael-salmen-braller-1697\/","title":{"rendered":"Epitaph of Pastor Michael Salmen, Braller, 1697"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Iconography: Tree of Life<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prov. Inv. 400\/29, Inv. Neiov III\/23. LKM 1300<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(1300a = frame, 1300b = paper support for memorial poetry).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frame restoration: Maria-Alexandra Ungura\u0219, Master thesis, ULB Sibiu 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paper support restoration: Cristina-Camelia Ghi\u0163escu, Muzeul Olteniei Craiova<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 1697 epitaph of Michael Salmen appears in the 1967 Neicov Inventory of the Braller\/Bruiu parish under III\/23, with the location listed as the sacristy. According to Hermann Binder, until 150 years ago\u2014when the church lost its side aisles as part of a major renovation\u2014the epitaph likely hung near the pulpit staircase. It was probably assigned to the sacristy due to its poor condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June 1991, the ECR Altar Restoration Workshop was dissolved. The items still usable were taken over by the Organ Restoration Workshop, including this epitaph. It is one of the few surviving examples from a politically turbulent era that was also marked by frequent plague epidemics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deceased, <\/em>Michael Salmen<\/em><\/strong>, born in Gro\u00dfschenk\/Cincu, was matriculated at Altdorf (N\u00fcrnberg) in 1672. He was ordained as a preacher in Cincu in 1681, served as pastor of Tarteln\/Toarcla from 1685, and as pastor of Braller\/Bruiu from 1691 to 1697 (Wagner, Evangelische Pfarrer, Prediger und Lehrer im 17. Jahrhundert \/ Evangelical Pastors, Preachers, and Teachers in the 17th Century, p. 268, No. 2998). He apparently continued the rhetorical tradition originating from Altdorf, of which this epitaph can be seen as an indirect product. Comparative research may reveal which parts of the memorial text consist of fixed formulas and which are occasional poetry\u2014which in turn follows the aesthetic norms of the time\u2014as well as other contextual connections.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The epitaph\u2019s carved wooden frame was restored by Maria-Alexandra Ungura\u0219 as part of her master\u2019s thesis at the ULB of Sibiu, under the academic supervision of Dr. Cristina D\u0103neas\u0103, lecturer in the Department of Conservation and Restoration within the Faculty of History, Cultural Heritage, and Protestant Theology at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu; In October 2021, the frame was exhibited at the restoration symposium of Craiova. The restoration of the paper support was carried out by Cristina Camelia Ghi\u0163escu, paper restoration specialist at Muzeul Olteniei Craiova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HK,   Sibiu, July 24, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iconography: Tree of Life Prov. Inv. 400\/29, Inv. Neiov III\/23. LKM 1300 (1300a = frame, 1300b = paper support for memorial poetry). Frame restoration: Maria-Alexandra Ungura\u0219, Master thesis, ULB Sibiu 2020 Paper support restoration: Cristina-Camelia Ghi\u0163escu, Muzeul Olteniei Craiova The 1697 epitaph of Michael Salmen appears in the 1967 Neicov Inventory of the Braller\/Bruiu parish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-714","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-unkategorisiert","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.teutsch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.teutsch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.teutsch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.teutsch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.teutsch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/museum.teutsch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":715,"href":"https:\/\/museum.teutsch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.teutsch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.teutsch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.teutsch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}