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King Sigismund III Vasa approves the guild articles submitted to him by the brotherhood of coppersmiths from the Halych Suburb in Lviv, regulating the organization of the guild, religious duties, the admission of apprentices and journeymen, the rights of widows, craft standards, and disciplinary penalties. Notes on the reverse indicate the registration (oblatio) of the document in the Lviv castle court records, and its subsequent annulment due to it being obtained without the knowledge of the magistrate, contrary to a royal decree.

A letter addressed to the councillors of Lwów. Text fragments survive, including the word “Contract”; neither the date nor the place could be read with confidence. The address panel on p. 3 belongs to the same letter.

The document establishes a scholarship foundation by Lviv canon Adam Wawrzyniec Łoiecki, funded by an annual 'wyderkaf' (redeemable rent) of 119 florins secured on the revenues of the city of Lviv, intended for the education of two poor youths from Lviv at the Krakow Academy. It specifies the payment amounts for the students and their university preceptor, imposes prayer duties on the scholarship holders, and appoints provisors to oversee the perpetual functioning of the endowment.

A letter whose writer mentions, among other things, Vilnius, General Fleming, and Lwów. Near the end, “w Dobrodzieniu” and the fragment “Novembris” are visible; the day and year could not be read with confidence. The address panel on PDF p. 5 belongs to the same writing.

The City Council of Lviv approves the statute of the coppersmiths' guild, establishing religious and organizational duties for guild brothers, rules for training apprentices and admitting journeymen as masters, as well as regulations for trade and copper processing.

The writer, whose signature may read Szczęsny Krzechowski, writes about taking over the administration of the Bishopric of Chełm and commends himself to the recipient’s favor and protection. The letter is dated at Chełm on 5 February 1697.

King Sigismund III Vasa approves the ordinance and articles of the coppersmiths' guild of the Halych Suburb in Lviv. The document regulates, among other things, issues of guild masses, relations between masters and journeymen, and penalties for absenteeism at craftsmen's meetings.

A letter dated “Dnia 25 Marca 1679”, addressed to recipients identified by the Latin heading “Nobiles et Spectabiles Domini Patroni Observandi”. Fragments concerning persons present before the President and the City survive; the remaining text is illegible.

Lviv councilor Jerzy Boim, together with his wife Jadwiga and his family, allocates the sum of 2100 florins invested in Lviv townhouses to endow the Chapel of the Holy Trinity and the Passion of Christ, which he founded at the cathedral cemetery in Lviv. The document defines the right of patronage, the principles of fund management, the duties of four priests led by a senior, the order of services, and the right of burial.

The writer addresses the burgomasters and councillors of Lviv and mentions a “citizen and merchant of Lviv,” recommending him to the recipients. The letter is dated 22 May 1610; the author and place of writing are unknown.

King Sigismund III Vasa establishes a new annual fair for the city of Lwów falling on the feast of Saint Margaret, lasting for three weeks, independent of the former fair on Saint Agnes' day. The document guarantees freedom of trade and safety to arriving merchants under the protection of a royal safe-conduct letter.

A Latin letter from Rome to the councillors of Lwów, dated 11 January 1770. The surviving fragments mention Francesco Stefanoni, his widow Maria Anna and heirs, and documents. The address panel on p. 3 belongs to the same letter.

King Sigismund III Vasa grants the city of Lwów the entire vogtship along with its appurtenances, as well as two-thirds of the income from judicial fines for major cases, which had previously been reserved for the monarch. This privilege ensures the city and its inhabitants perpetual, undisturbed possession of these rights.

A letter from Adrianople, dated 7 March 1696, addressed to a recipient styled “Jaśnie Wielmożny Pan Dobrodziej”. Only a short fragment of the content survives; the address panel on p. 3 belongs to the same writing.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms and ratifies the written obligation of the Starosta of Lviv, Stanisław Bonifacy Mniszek, submitted to the city of Lviv. Under this document, the Starosta, under penalty of a fine, committed to liquidating the castle market and removing craftsmen not belonging to guilds (partacze), in accordance with previous royal decrees.

The writer addresses the Voivode of Lviv about the office of director of the treasury courts of the Lviv land, citing the laudum of the Wiszeń sejmik. The letter is dated at Lviv on 25 October 1699; the writer’s signature is illegible.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms the foundation of the Dominican monastery in Smolensk and grants it landed estates in perpetual ownership.

The city councilors of Lviv approve the reformed articles and structure of the guild of maltsters, brewers, and mead-brewers, regulating the rights and duties of masters, journeymen, and apprentices. The document defines the rules for maintaining a common tavern, guild ordinances, entry fees, and joint religious services.

A two-page letter dated “29 Augusti 1723”, addressed to “Lords”, “Brothers”, and “Friends”. The text survives in fragments; the place was not established.

King Sigismund III Vasa grants the authorities and the community of the city of Lwów the right to collect a fee known as 'sztukowe' on goods imported to and exported from the city for a period of twenty years, with the proceeds intended for the reconstruction of damaged municipal property and the remuneration of the magistrate.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms the privilege of King Sigismund II Augustus from 1550 regarding the grant of a garden with a manor or farmstead and meadows in Lviv to the mansionaries of the Lviv Cathedral.

Two written pages of a letter survive, probably addressed to a person surnamed Hander (uncertain reading). The handwriting is difficult to read and partly damaged; mainly forms of address are legible. The closing date is incomplete or illegible, so neither date nor place is assigned. The date range on the inventory card is not treated as a date read from the letter.

Fr. Jan Baranowski, Archdeacon of Lviv, sells half of his newly built house in Lviv to Fabian Gryglewicz and his wife for 150 Polish zlotys. The document defines the terms of use for the plot and imposes on the buyers the obligation to pay an annual rent of 5 zlotys for an anniversary mass for the soul of the issuer.

The writer addresses the Lviv magistracy and mentions a letter received, travel difficulties, and a decree and related proceedings. The inventory card attributes the letter to the Podolian land judge Karol Maksymilian Kruszewski; the signature on the scan does not securely confirm the attribution. The letter's dateline gives Kamieniec, 13 January 1723.

King Sigismund III Vasa approves the agreement concluded before royal commissioners between the magistrate and the commonalty of the three nations of the city of Lwów regarding the repayment of municipal debts. The document establishes the division of financial burdens amounting to over 35,000 florins and the payment deadlines for individual installments from the city's income and assets.

A letter from Zamość, dated 11 September 1697, addressed to a recipient styled “Jaśnie Wielmożny Mci Dobrodzieju”. The text spans two leaves and survives only in part; illegible passages are marked as gaps.

Lviv canon and preacher Wojciech Belczyński sells a shop and two plots on preacher's land, with the right to build and run a tavern, to the burgher Wojciech Madeszowicz and his wife Anna. The buyers are obliged to pay an annual rent of ten Polish zlotys on St. Martin's Day and are subject to the preacher's jurisdiction.

The document approves the foundation of a new mansionary priest and the legacies of wyderkauf rents on Lviv tenement houses established by Fr. Krzysztof Sikorski for the college of mansionaries of the Lviv Cathedral. It also specifies the liturgical duties of the beneficiaries and entrusts the right of patronage over the founded prebend to the Lviv magistrate.

The city councilors of Lwów enter into their municipal records a document by the provost of the Bełz hospital, Fr. Marcin Strykowski, establishing a prebend at the hospital church in Bełz, endowed among others with Lwów townhouses and estates near Bełz. The founder transfers the right of patronage over this prebend to the Lwów magistrate after his death.

The writer addresses a “Noble Benefactor” and presents a complaint concerning a shoemakers’ guild master and actions taken on the writer’s land. The following text appeals to the magistracy’s justice, proceedings, and applicable penalties; parts of the argument are illegible. The inventory card attributes the letter to Wacław Kruszycki, a canon, but the signature itself cannot be read. The date, 14 July 1769, is written in the letter; the dateline gives no place.

Pope Urban VIII commissions the officials of Kraków, Kamianets, and Laodicea to examine the appeal of the fiscal promoter of the Lviv Curia against the verdict of the Apostolic Nuncio in a dispute with the councilors and commoners of Lviv. The delegated judges are granted the authority to investigate the case, issue a final verdict, and apply canonical sanctions.

A letter copy whose heading indicates Krosno and the date 10 March 1743. Surviving fragments concern the town and its magistrate; the text is partly damaged or illegible.

King Sigismund III Vasa transfers the collection of starosta revenues to the Lwów magistrate in exchange for a fixed annual fee of 2100 florins and authorizes the collection of a storage fee from merchants for the construction of new city fortifications. The document simultaneously limits the competencies of the Lwów starosta in favor of municipal jurisdiction and regulates the issue of quartering.

The writer opens with “Monseigneur” and discusses a matter involving municipal property or a building, expenses, and claims or dues. The details are difficult to read; the inventory card describes the letter as a request addressed to the Lviv city office. The dateline on the first page gives Lviv, 15 May 1724.

The Metropolitan Chapter of Lwów and the municipal authorities of Lwów approve the sale of the former residence of the provost of the Holy Spirit Hospital to the Jesuits for the construction of a college, and the acquisition of a new tenement house from Kosma Salwago on Szewska Street for the sum of 10,800 Polish florins. The newly purchased building was placed under ecclesiastical immunity, with the reservation of the inviolability of the city's and chapter's patronage rights and a prohibition on operating a tavern or crafts within it.

The writer, identified by the inventory card as Lviv’s delegate to the Sejm, addresses the magistracy and reports on current public affairs of the Commonwealth. The letter mentions actions and decisions being taken in Warsaw; the details of the political discussion cannot be fully reconstructed. The dateline gives Warsaw, 12 August 1661. The signer's surname is tentatively read as Kusiewicz.

The document confirms an agreement between the Metropolitan Chapter and the City Council of Lwów regarding the purchase of the Kosma Salvago tenement house as a residence for the provost of the Holy Spirit Hospital, in exchange for a house sold to the Jesuits, including the exemption of the new property from municipal jurisdiction and its inclusion under ecclesiastical immunity. The act specifies the conditions for managing this property and the rules for maintaining patronage rights and potential future exchange of the building.

Pope Urban VIII orders the Archbishop of Lviv to receive a solemn profession of the Catholic faith from the Bishop-elect of Nicopolis, Łukasz, before he receives the sacrament of consecration. The signed oath of the profession of faith is to be sent to the Apostolic See within six months.

A partially legible English letter to the merchant Arthur Forbes in Lviv/Lemberg, dated 31 December 1687. Numbered account leaves accompany the correspondence; transaction details and the sender remain uncertain.

Pope Urban VIII exempts Lucas, Bishop-elect of Nicopolis, from the obligation of residence in his titular see and permits him to reside in the Archdiocese of Lviv. He grants him the right to serve as a suffragan, assist the Archbishop of Lviv, and perform pontifical functions and pastoral visitations.

A fragment of a German-language document dated 11 July 1691 survives. The text is badly damaged and difficult to read; amounts of 20 gulden and 400 can be made out, but their significance and context cannot be established. The inventory card associates the document with the surname Kostner, but the scan does not securely identify the writer, recipient, or place.

Pope Urban VIII instructs the Apostolic Nuncio in Poland to approve and grant perpetual validity to the foundation, endowment, and municipal administration of the Hospital of St. Elizabeth in Lviv, in light of a dispute with the Archbishop of Lviv. He stipulates, however, that the clergy appointed to administer sacraments to the sick in the hospital must obtain prior approval from the Ordinary.

A one-page letter with an attached address panel. The writing is faded; the author, recipient, place, and date could not be established with confidence.

Apostolic Nuncio Giovanni Battista Lancellotti, by the authority of Pope Urban VIII, confirms the rights of patronage, foundation, and administration of the Lviv city councilors over the Holy Spirit Hospital. The confirmation is based on ancient royal and archiepiscopal privileges, as well as papal bulls.

The writer addresses the Lviv vogt and asks for help with a matter requiring action or a decision by the recipient. He mentions difficulties and the possibility of “egzekucyi” (execution/enforcement); the details are partly illegible. The inventory card identifies the writer as Kraków starosta Paweł Aleksander. The letter itself is dated 17 December 1696; no place is assigned.