Translation / modern text
Augustus II, by the grace of God King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, Kiev, Volhynia, Podolia, Podlaskie, Smolensk, Severia and Chernihiv, and also Duke of Saxony, Jülich, Cleves and Berg, Engern and Westphalia [...]
We hereby announce by this letter of ours [...], that a parchment letter was presented before us by the hand of the Most Serene John Casimir, King of Poland [...]:
John Casimir, by the grace of God King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, Smolensk, Chernihiv [...]
We hereby announce by this letter of ours [...] to the shoemaking craft in our city of Sokal [...] [guild articles:] [...]
Given [...] in the year of our Lord 1662 [...]
John Casimir, King
We, therefore, Augustus the King [...], all together and each separately [provision] contained in the same letter [...] approve, ratify and confirm [...]
Given in Kraków [...] on the 10th day of the month of October in the year of our Lord 1697, and in the 1st year of our reign.
Augustus, King
[Chancery note on the fold on the right:]
[...] of Kraków [...] seal-bearer? / secretary? [...]
[Seal:] [Great Crown Seal in a metal skippet, wax-lacquer, heavily worn/damaged, suspended on a red and silver silk cord].
[Verso:] [Modern round ink stamp of the archive; traces of folding; parchment losses].
Original wording — transcription
Augustus II Dei Gratia Rex Poloniae, Magnus Dux Litvaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniae, Kijoviae, Volhyniae, Podoliae, Podlachiae, Smolensciae, Severiae, Czerniechoviaeque, Nec non Dux Saxoniae, Juliae, Cliviae et Montium, Angriae, Westphaliaeque [...]
Significamus praesentibus literis nostris [...] exhibitas fuisse coram nobis literas pergamineas manu Serenissimi Joannis Casimiri Regis Poloniae [...]:
Jan Kazimierz z Bozey łaski Krol Polski, Wielkie Xiąze Litewskie, Ruskie, Pruskie, Mazowieckie, Zmudzkie, Inflantskie, Smoleńskie, Czerniechowskie [...]
Oznaymuiemy ninieyszym listem naszym [...] rzemiosłu szewskiemu w miescie naszem Sokalu [...] [artykuły cechowe:] [...]
Datum [...] Anno Domini MDCLXII [...]
Jan Kazimierz rex
Nos igitur Augustus Rex [...] omnia et singula in iisdem literis contenta [...] approbamus, ratificamus et confirmamus [...]
Datum Cracoviae [...] die X mensis Octobris Anno Domini MDCXCVII, Regni vero nostri I anno.
Augustus Rex
[Nota kancelaryjna na plice po prawej:]
[...] Crac[oviensis] [...] Sig[illifer? / Secretarius?]
[Pieczęć:] [Wielka pieczęć koronna w metalowej puszce, woskowo-lakowa, silnie zatarta/uszkodzona, zawieszona na jedwabnym sznurze w kolorze czerwono-srebrnym].
[Verso:] [Nowożytna pieczątka tuszowa okrągła archiwum; ślady po złożeniu; ubytki pergaminu].
Reading notes
Parchment diploma with a transumpt of the privilege of King John Casimir from 1662, confirming the articles and statute of the shoemakers' guild in Sokal. The document was issued in Kraków during the coronation ceremonies of Augustus II (the coronation took place on September 15, 1697). Condition: parchment with several losses (tears) in the central part and moisture/mold stains; ink faded in places. Seal in a metal skippet, wax crumbled/worn. In the upper right corner, a sticker with the old signature «273.».
