131/1/766 · 131-1-766-001
Decree of King Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki regarding the riots with the Jews of Lwów
A document by King Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki resolving disputes and riots between the Christian inhabitants and the Jewish community of both synagogues in Lwów. It establishes, among other things, an oath of purgation to be taken before appointed royal commissioners in connection with recent riots and the escape of prisoners.
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[p. 1 / f. 1r:]
MICHAEL,
by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Kiev, Volhynia, Podolia, Podlachia, Livonia, Smolensk, Severia, and Chernihiv.
We hereby announce to all and each of you whom it may concern [...]
[...]
[f. 4v / p. 8 - Oath formula:]
[Margin: Oath formula / Before the commissioners]
[...] shall take a corporal oath observing the solemn forms according to this oath formula: That they gave no [peak/cause] or occasion for the first riot from any place or reason, and when this riot arose for any reason; and in the second riot, which [occurred] in the city [...], they exerted efforts to quell it, and also gave no [reason] for the fact that the Hetman's prisoners brought into these riots and excesses, and placed in the town hall [prison], escaped from said prison, and they did not know of their escape at that time. So help them the Holy Passion of Jesus Christ. And this in the presence of Our commissioners (whom We appoint to execute the above), namely the illustrious Stanisław Jabłonowski, Voivode of the Ruthenian lands, Starosta of Świecie and Mościska, the noble Piotr Ożga, Sub-chamberlain of Lwów, as well as the venerable Adam Raszkowski, Archdeacon of Lwów [...]
[...]
[f. 5v / p. 10 - Closing formula and dating:]
[...] In witness whereof, the royal seal has been affixed to this [document]. Done in Warsaw, on Saturday, the vigil of the feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle, in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and seventy, in the second year of Our reign in Poland.
Andrzej Olszowski, Bishop of Chełmno and Pomesania, Deputy Chancellor of the Crown.
[Note of relation:]
Relation of the most enlightened and most reverend father in Christ, Lord Andrzej Olszowski, Bishop of Chełmno and Pomesania, Deputy Chancellor of the Crown.
[f. 6r / p. 11 - Oblata:]
On Monday in the octave of the feast of the Most Holy Body of Christ [...] of the same year one thousand six hundred and seventy-one [1671], the post-curial decree of His Royal Majesty issued in Warsaw between the Jews of Lwów of both synagogues and the noble and distinguished magistrate and all estates of Lwów, was submitted and accepted for the castle court records of Lwów through registration [...]
[Seal:]
[A round tin with a cracked red wax seal suspended on a silk cord]
[s. 1 / k. 1r:]
MICHAEL
DEI gratia REX Poloniae, Magnus DUX Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Kijoviae, Volhyniae, Podoliae, Podlachiae, Livoniae, Smolensciae, Severiae, Czerniechoviaeque.
Significamus praesentibus literis Nostris quorum interest universis et singulis [...]
[...]
[k. 4v / s. 8 - Rota juramenti:]
[Margines: Rotha Juramenti / Coram Commissariis]
[...] Juramentum Corporale praebibere solemnitatibus in eam Juramenti rotham praestent: Ze do pierwszego Tumultu z zadney mieysca y szczytu, zadney okaziey nie dali y gdy ten Tumult dla iakieykolwiek przyczyn commisserowant; W Drugim zas Tumulcie, ktory się w Miescie [...] staszkow z takiego starania, do usmierzenia onego przykladali, iako tez takiego zadnego z tego, ze Wiezniaw hetmanskich w te Tumulty y excessy dowiezionych z Ratusznego wsadzonych, z tegoz wiezienia uciekło, nie dali y o ucieczce onych, natenczas nie wiedzieli: Deser Sancta Jesu Christi Passione, ita ipsis adiuvante, Idque in praesentia Commissariorum Nostrorum (quos ad praemissa exequenda addimus) nempe Magnifici Stanislai Jablonowski Palatini Terrarum Russiae, Svecensis et Moscicensis Capitanei, generosi Petri Ozga Subcamerarii Leopoliensis, nec non Venerabilis Adami Raskowski Archidiaconi Leopoliensis [...]
[...]
[k. 5v / s. 10 - Formuła końcowa i datacja:]
[...] In cuius rei fidem praesentibus Sigillum Regni est appensum. Actum Varsaviae Sabbatho in Vigilia Festi Sancti Thomae Apostoli Anno Domini Millesimo Sexcentesimo Septuagesimo, Regni Nostri Poloniae Anno Secundo.
And.[reas] Olszowski Ep[iscop]us Culmen[sis] et Pomesa[niensis], Vicecancell.[arius] Regni.
[Nota relacji:]
Relatio Ill[ustrissi]mi et R[everen]d[issi]mi in Christo Patris D[omi]ni Andreae Olszowski Ep[iscop]i Culmen[sis] et Pomesanien[sis] Vicecancellarii Regni.
[k. 6r / s. 11 - Oblata:]
Feria Secunda intra Octavas Festi Sacratissimi Corporis Christi [...] Anno eiusdem Millesimo Sexcentesimo Septuagesimo Primo [1671] Decretum Post Curiale Sacrae Regiae Maiestatis inter Judices Leopolien[ses] utriusque Synagogae atque Nobilem ac Spectabilem Magistratum et Omnes Ordines Leopolien[ses] Varsaviae latum ad Acta Castrensia Capitanealia Leopolien[sia] per oblatam porrectum et susceptum [...]
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Document in the form of a parchment gathering (notebook/libellus) of 6 leaves. Pages 6 and 7 in the set of photographs are a duplicate shot of the same leaf. The royal seal in the tin is preserved fragmentarily (cracked). The text contains an oath formula in Polish. On leaf 6r, there is a registration (oblatio) to the Lwów castle court records from 1671.
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