Confirmation by the Lviv City Council of the 1491 Tailors' Guild Journeymen Statute

CITY COUNCIL OF LVIV To all and everyone whom it may concern, by these presents we announce that at a full session of our Council Office, there appeared in person the honorable Marcin Pączek and Daniel Kozłowski [...], as well as the well-born Jan Korzeniowski of Korzeniów, Adam Słodowic of Łęczna, Jan Sochacki [... of the city of] Lviv, as well as the well-born Jan Korzeniowski of Korzeniów, Adam Słodowic of Łęczna, Jan Sochacki [...] of the city, Maciej Drzewiński of Soleczany and Jan Karwacki [...] journeymen of the tailors, being of sound body and mind, not forced nor compelled, nor misled by any error, being [...] guild masters, masters and journeymen, journeymen [...] acting on behalf, openly and voluntarily, the order made among the journeymen, translated from German into the native language, written below, the same in all and individual points, clauses, knots, connections and articles contained therein, approving, confirming, strengthening and that they will uphold and inviolably, constantly observe [...] The wording of which order follows and is as follows: [Entry of the statute in Polish:] In the year of the Birth of Christ the Lord one thousand four hundred and ninety-first [1491] [...] At that time, the honest journeymen of the tailoring craft [...] in order to have a proper order among themselves, and to conduct [themselves?] according to other famous cities. Who had to, being united, swear in the presence of their masters [...] asked in humility that they write down for them a statute or order according to their will, and allow them to have a box and a chest [...] They wrote down the order according to their common will, which they promised to hold firmly, to remain among themselves under their honor and craft [...] First, the journeymen and apprentices for every day [...] should gather for a meeting, and each of them is to give to the circle: a journeyman a half-groschen, an apprentice a shilling, from which collection they should give a third part to the chest [...] [...] His Lordship Marcin Pączek [and] Lord Daniel Kozłowski [...] [Final formula and date of the council confirmation:] [...] In the Year of Our Lord 1646, on the 12th day of December [...] [Seal:] [Wax city seal of Lviv in a metal case suspended on a green silk cord, depicting a city gate with three towers and a walking lion in the gate opening, with the inscription in the border: SIGILLVM CIVITATIS LEOPOLIENSIS]. [On the reverse:] [Round ink seal of the archive].

CONSVLES CIVITATIS LEOPOLIENSIS Vniversis et singulis, quorum interest tenore praesentium significamus, Quomodo in plenaria Officii nostri Consularis residentia comparen[tes] personaliter Famati Martinus Paczek et Daniel Kozłowski [...], nec non Ingenui Joannes Chorzeniowssky de Chorzeniowo, Adamus Słodowic de Łęczna, Joannes Sochacki [... civitatis] Leopoldiensis, nec non Ingenui Joannes Chorzeniowssky de Chorzeniowo, Adamus Słodowic de Łęczna, Joannes Sochacki [...] civitatis Mathiam Drzewinski de Soleczany et Joannes Karwaczki [...] Sartorum Socii Contubernales, sani mentibus et corporibus existentes, non compulsi nec coacti aut aliquo errore devio circumuenti, fuisse [...] Ceelemagistrorum Magistrorum et Sociorum Contubernalium Sartorum Socii Contubernales [...] nomine agentes, palam libereque Ordinationem inter Socios Contubernales factam, ex Idiomate Germanico in linguam vernaculam translatam infrascriptam, eandem in omnibus et singulis illius introcontentis punctis, clausulis, nexibus, ligamentis ac positionibus approbantes, confirmantes, roborantes, manuque tenturos et inviolabiliter iugiter observaturos [...] Cuius quidem Ordinationis tenor verborum sequitur et est talis: [Inskrypcja statutu w języku polskim:] Roku od Narodzenia Christusa Pana Tysiącznego Czterechsetnego Dziewięćdziesiątego Pierwszego [1491] [...] Tego to czasu Uczciwi Towarzysze Rzemiosła Krawieckiego [...] aby porządek przystoyny między sobą mieli, a wedle inszych Miast sławnych i zenoście sprawowali. Którzy musieli będąc zjednoczeni przysiądz oblicznie do Mistrzów swoich [...] w pokorze prosili, aby im Wielkarz albo Porządek wedle woli ich spisali, a Skrzynkę y Puszkę mieć dopuścili [...] Porządek wedle woli spółeczney iem napisali, który mocnie trzymać obiecali między sobą iść pod poczciwością y rzemiosłem swoim [...] Naprzód Towarzysze y Pacholęta na każde Dnie [...] powinni się schadzać do Schadzki, a każdy z nich ma oddać do koła Towarzysz Półgrosza, Pacholę Szeląg, z którego Składania powinni do Puszki trzecią część oddać [...] [...] Jm[ść] Pan Martianus Paczek [i] Pan Daniel Kozłowski [...] [Formuła końcowa i data potwierdzenia konsularnego:] [...] Anno Domini 1646 mensis Decembris die 12 [...] [Pieczęć:] [Woskowa pieczęć miejska Lwowa w metalowej puszce zawieszona na zielonym sznurze jedwabnym, przedstawiająca bramę miejską z trzema basztami i kroczącym lwem w prześwicie bramy, w otoku napis: SIGILLVM CIVITATIS LEOPOLIENSIS]. [Verso:] [Okrągła pieczęć tuszowa archiwum].