131/1/735 · 131-1-735-001
Confirmation of the statute of the needle-makers' and cutlers' guild in Lviv by King John II Casimir
King John II Casimir confirms the statute of the Lviv guild of needle-makers and cutlers, granted and sealed by the city council of Lviv in 1649. The privilege contains articles regulating the organization of the brotherhood, the election of guild masters, the rights of masters, and the rules for training journeymen and apprentices.
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[At the top left, a sticker with a number:] 149.
John Casimir [by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia...]
We hereby announce by this our letter to all and each person concerned. That there has been presented to us [...] a certain document [...] by the hands of [...] our city of Lviv [...] the guild of Lviv needle-makers and cutlers [...] the councilors of the city of Lviv in office and [...] in every, but most of all in this time, when after the most unfortunate rebellion [...] of the Tatar troops [...] our city in the year most recently passed [...] gathered a disaster as if from a shipwreck and the veneration by God thrice best [...] in the time [...] of our city [...] confusion [...] guild [...] John [...] Casimir's [...] office obedience [...]
[p. 3]
[...] in all and individual points [...] in the following wording: In the Name of the Lord Amen. Being [...] for the multiplication of the common and city good [...] new to the needle-makers and cutlers none [...] to the crafts of the overseers [...] with the knowledge of all [...] Jan Rakowic, Simon Korzeń, Jan Dominik [...] Antoni [...] We provide: First [...] The elders of the guild [...] shall be with each other in everything [...] to agree, and to none of them in these guild agreements is it permitted to issue [...] to discern the second [...] to exercise, and when agreement is delayed, before the lords consuls [councilors] [...] Second article. [...] the lords councilors confirmed elders [...] according to seniority for each year [...] Third article. [...] Fourth article. [...] shall have at the guild master [...] Fifth article. [...] from the guild a man shall choose, [...] to the guild master [...] Sixth article. [...] Seventh article. [...] of the guild [...] his journeyman [...] a boy for learning [...]
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[...] shall have no one [...] to the guild to admit shall be read [...] and disobedience [...] at the brotherly funeral [...] lottery benches [...] Eighth article. [...] Ninth article. [...] Tenth article. [...] Eleventh article. [...] Twelfth article. [...]
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[...] Thirteenth article. No brother [...] Fourteenth article. No brother should work out of the craft [...] Fifteenth article. [...] Sixteenth article. [...] Seventeenth article. [...] Eighteenth article. [...] Nineteenth article. [...] Twentieth article. [...] Twenty-first. [...] Twenty-second. [...] Twenty-third. [...] Twenty-fourth. [...]
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No master shall look for [...] under the penalty of a stone of wax. Twenty-fifth. No brother of the blacksmith craft shall accept journeymen [...] Twenty-sixth. [...] Twenty-seventh. [...] Twenty-eighth. [...] Twenty-ninth. [...] Thirtieth article. [...] Thirty-first. [...] Thirty-second. [...] Thirty-third. [...] Thirty-fourth. [...] Thirty-fifth. [...] Thirty-sixth. [...]
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[In the margin, a note:] No Jew or other nation shall make or cut caps [...]
[...] with the seal of the city of Lviv [...] Given and done in the council on the eve of the feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle [...] 1649 [...] Jan [...] secretary [...] We therefore [...] approve and ratify [...]
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[...] Casimir King [...] in all their points [...] for ratifying and approving [...] In witness whereof this [...] Given in Warsaw on the 21st day of November in the Year of our Lord 1651, of our kingdoms of Poland and Sweden the [fourth] year.
[Chancery signature:]
Hieronim Radziejowski, Crown Chancellor [or: Vice-Chancellor]
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[Round ink seal:] ARCHIVE OF ANCIENT RECORDS OF THE CITY OF LVIV
[Signature in ink:] 15008/629
[Other old signature:] 437
[Inscription:] Of the needle-making and cutler guild
[s. 2 - f. 1r-1v]
[U góry po lewej naklejka z numerem:] 149.
IOANNES CASIMIRUS [D. G. Rex Poloniae, Magnus Dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae...]
Significamus praesentibus literis nostris quorum interest universis et singulis. Exhibitas nobis esse [...] literas certas [...] manibus [...] civitatis nostrae Leopoliensis [...] contubernii aculariorum et cultrificum Leopoliensium [...] Consules civitatis Leopoliensis residentes et [...] omni sed maxime hoc tempore quo post calamitosissimam rebellionem [...] Tartarorum exercituum [...] civitatem nostram Anno proxime elapso [...] calamitatem tanquam ex naufragio recollegisset et colendi per Deum ter optimum [...] tempore [...] civitatis nostrae [...] confusione [...] contubernium [...] Joannes [...] Casimirum [...] officium obedientia [...]
[s. 3 - f. 2r-2v - Tekst statutu w języku polskim:]
[...] in omnibus et singulis punctis [...] sequitur: W Imię Pańskie Amen. Będąc [...] ku rozmnożeniu dobra Pospolitego i mieyskiego [...] nowego Iglarzom y Nożownikom żadnego [...] rzemiosłom dozorców [...] z wiadomością wszytkich [...] Jana Rakowica, Simona Korzenia, Jana Dominika [...] Antoniego [...] Podaiemy Pierszy [...] Starsi Cechu [...] powinni będą z sobą we wszytkim [...] zgadzać, a żadnemu z nich w tych Cechów zgodzie nie wolno wydawać [...] drugiego rozeznawać [...] sprowować, a gdy zgoda omieszka, przed Pany Consulami [...] Drugi Artykuł. [...] Panów Radziec potwierdzeni Starszy [...] podług starszeństwa na każdy rok [...] Trzeci Artykuł. [...] Czwarty Artykuł. [...] ma przy Cechmistrzu [...] Piąty Artykuł. [...] z Cechu męża obierze, [...] Cechmistrzowi [...] Szósty Artykuł. [...] Siódmy Artykuł. [...] Cechowego [...] Czeladnika swego [...] chłopca do nauki [...]
[s. 4 - f. 3r-3v:]
[...] ma nikogo [...] do Cechu przypuścić ma być czytany [...] a nieposłuszeństwa [...] na pogrzebie Braterskiem [...] Ławek Losowych [...] Ósmy Artykuł. [...] Dziewiąty Artykuł. [...] Dziesiąty Artykuł. [...] Jedenasty Artykuł. [...] Dwunasty Artykuł. [...]
[s. 5 - f. 4r-4v:]
[...] Trzynasty Artykuł. Żaden Brat [...] Czternasty Artykuł. Żaden Brat nie powinien z rzemiosła wyprawować [...] Piętnasty Artykuł. [...] Szesnasty Artykuł. [...] Siedmnasty Artykuł. [...] Ośmnasty Artykuł. [...] Dziewiętnasty Artykuł. [...] Dwudziesty Artykuł. [...] Dwudziesty Pierszy. [...] Dwudziesty Wtóry. [...] Dwudziesty Trzeci. [...] Dwudziesty Czwarty. [...]
[s. 6 - f. 5r-5v:]
Żaden Mistrz nie ma upatrować [...] pod winą kamienia wosku. Dwudziesty Piąty. Żaden brat rzemiosła kowalskiego nie ma przyjmować czeladzi [...] Dwudziesty Szósty. [...] Dwudziesty Siódmy. [...] Dwudziesty Ósmy. [...] Dwudziesty Dziewiąty. [...] Trzydziesty Artykuł. [...] Trzydziesty Pierszy. [...] Trzydziesty Wtóry. [...] Trzydziesty Trzeci. [...] Trzydziesty Czwarty. [...] Trzydziesty Piąty. [...] Trzydziesty Szósty. [...]
[s. 7 - f. 6r-6v:]
[Na marginesie dopisek:] Żaden z Żydów y z inszych narodów czapek nie ma robić ani roskrawać [...]
[...] Sigillo Civitatis Leopoliensis [...] Datum et actum in Senatu in vigilia Festi Sancti Andreae Apostoli [...] MDCXLIX [...] Joannes [...] Secretarius [...] Nos igitur [...] approbamus et ratificamus [...]
[s. 8 - f. 7r-7v:]
[...] Casimirus Rex [...] omnibus carum punctis [...] ratificandas et approbandas [...] In cuius rei fidem praesentes [...] Datum Varsaviae die XXI mensis Novembris Anno Domini MDCLI, Regnorum nostrorum Poloniae et Sueciae [quarto] anno.
[Podpis kancelaryjny:]
Hieronymus Radziejowski Regni Cancellarius [lub: Procancellarius]
[s. 9 - f. 8v - Zewnętrzna oprawa / Verso:]
[Okrągła pieczęć tuszowa:] ARCHIWUM AKT DAWNYCH MIASTA LWOWA
[Sygnatura atramentem:] 15008/629
[Inna dawna sygnatura:] 437
[Napis:] Cechu Igłarskiego i Nożowniczego
Parchment document in the form of a libellus (4-sheet quire, 8 pages). Contains a transumpt and royal confirmation of the statute of the Lviv needle-makers' and cutlers' guild, enacted in Lviv on the eve of St. Andrew's Day 1649 (29.11.1649), taking into account the city's losses after the Cossack-Tatar siege in 1648. Introductory and confirmation text in Latin, the actual statute in Polish (36 articles). Preserved traces of the seal and cord. Signature of Chancellor/Vice-Chancellor Hieronim Radziejowski.
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