LTStraipsnyje publikuojamos 1621 m. sutartys, saugomos Baltarusijos nacionaliniame istorijos archyve Minske. Jos atskleidžia naujus faktus apie LDK lauko etmono Kristupo Radvilos sumanymą pertvarkyti Dubingių bažnyčios kriptą po brolio Vilniaus kašteliono Jonušo Radvilos mirties. 1621 m. kovo 4 d. Kristupas Radvila parengė sutartį su Vilniaus mūrininku Henriku (Henrych) Handle. Įpareigojo jį suskliausti bažnyčios kriptą kryžminiais skliautais, atnaujinti rūsį, iškloti akmens grindinius. Tą pačią dieną etmonas surašė sutartį su Vilniaus akmentašiu, karaliaus servitoriumi Jonu Pilypu Valonu (Jan Filip Walon), kuris turėjo sukurti septynis Radvilų marmuro sarkofagus. Dokumentai atskleidžia Kristupo Radvilos siekį sukurti iškilmingą ir reprezentatyvią giminės laidojimo vietą, pritaikyti tipines XVII a. I pusės LDK antkapių puošimo programas: brangaus marmurinio antkapio dekoravimą alebastro figūromis ir herbais. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Palaidojimai; Radvilų kripta; Dubingių evangelikų reformatų bažnyčia; Antkapiai; Radvilos Crypt; Calvinist Church in Dubingiai.
ENThe article deals with new information on the initiative of the Hetman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Kristupas Radvila (1585-1640), to reconstruct the traditional entombment of the Radvila family of Biržai and Dubingiai at the Calvinist Church in Dubingiai. Kristupas Radvila, after the death of his brother Vilnius Castellan Jonušas Radvila (1579-1620), conceived a plan to substantially rearrange the crypt of the Radvila family at the said Calvinist Church in Dubingiai. On 4 March 1621, Kristupas Radvila signed a contract with the royal stonecutter Jonas Pilypas Valonas on 7 sarcophaguses of pure marble, 4 bigger ones and 3 small ones, after measuring the coffins that already were in the church in Dubingiai. The contract between Kristupas Radvila and Jonas Pilypas Valonas points to probably the first commissions for marble sarcophaguses in the history of the Radvila family of Biržai. The comparatively simple form of the sarcophagus, frequently used in the 17th c. for the entombment of the Radvila family of Biržai, was chosen. Expensive and steady materials, a combination of several of them (marble and alabaster) and decorations with figures and coats of arms were selected. These contracts show that in 1621 Kristupas Radvila decided to give a more representative look to the Radvila family crypt by applying the tombstone creation schemes typical of the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and at the same time by retaining the links with the family’s entombment tradition. [From the publication]