Confirmation by King Sigismund II Augustus of the statute of the united guild of Lviv blacksmiths

[In the upper left margin:] Sigismund Augustus IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, AMEN. In eternal memory of the matter. We, Sigismund Augustus, by the grace of God King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and also lord and heir of the lands of Kraków, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kuyavia, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Elbląg, Pomerania, etc. We hereby announce by this our letter to all whom it may concern, to each one individually, present and future, who shall receive knowledge of this. A parchment letter has been presented to us, bearing the seal of the councilors of our city of Lviv, intact, whole, and undoubted, in no way suspicious, containing within itself the provisions and statutes of certain craft fraternities of the same city. And a humble request was brought to us that we might deign to approve, ratify, and confirm it with our royal authority. The wording of which follows and is as follows: In the name of the Lord, amen. In eternal memory of the matter, because what happens in time passes with time if it is not preserved by the testimony of written signs. Therefore we, Mikołaj Laczimirski, then proconsul [mayor], and also Michał Miecznik, master Michał, Stanisław Wilczek, Marcin Złotnik, then residing [councilors], and Marcin Waserbroth, Andrzej Sthano, Walenty Augustyn, Andrzej Fabrek, Jan Ways, and Jan Grusz, senior councilors of the royal city of Lviv. We announce by the power of this letter, to whom it is due, to all and each one individually, present and future, who shall receive knowledge of this, how, appearing personally before our face in the council seat, the illustrious senior masters and the entire combined fraternity of the crafts of blacksmiths, locksmiths, swordsmiths, coppersmiths, armorers, and needle makers, our fellow citizens, presented to us in writing certain articles long observed and kept among them according to the custom of the crafts, asking us with due diligence and humility that we might prudently [grant], confirm, and approve these same articles, thus presented to us by them, for the glory and honor primarily of God Almighty and His immaculate Mother, the most glorious Virgin Mary, and for the adornment of the same city, as well as for the dignity and honor of these craftsmen. The wording of which articles follows word for word and is as follows: Firstly, in the blacksmith craft it is observed that whoever wishes to be promoted to master of the aforementioned blacksmith craft, he should demonstrate his masterly skill in this way. And first, he draws iema biczowa myrinhowana. Similarly, on the part of the locksmith craft regarding their mastery, it is observed that above all, every iron master should choose the way in which he wants to demonstrate his mastery. If he chooses to do so in saws, then he is obliged to make an Incrick with seven reffs and a studel from one mass, and a saw with closures, called a box-saw, with four wings and heads called skrzynkominny. Similarly, whoever would choose to demonstrate in spurs, then he should make shlicht spurs and other priestly ones with heads, otherwise with skapice, and thirdly, driver's spurs. And whoever would choose in stirrups, otherwise in stirrup-making; on the part of the swordsmiths, every master of the swordsmith craft should first forge and sharpen a new iron tool called a klyna according to the old pattern along with a scabbard, otherwise with a spofra, according to ancient custom. [...] [The transumpt contains further articles of the guild regulations with the dating of the Lviv city council:] Given in Lviv, on Monday on the eve of the Presentation of Mary, in the Year of the Lord one thousand five hundred and twenty-nine [1529]. [Royal confirmation:] We therefore, Sigismund Augustus, the aforementioned king, graciously acceding to their request, recognizing the above-included letter as valid and pleasing, have deemed it necessary to approve, ratify, and confirm it with our royal authority, and we hereby approve, ratify, and confirm it in all its points, clauses, articles, and conditions [...]. In witness and testimony of which our seal has been appended to this. Given in Lublin, on the first day of the month of September, in the Year of the Lord one thousand five hundred and fifty-eight, and in the twenty-ninth year of our reign. In the presence of the reverend father in Christ, Lord Jan Przerębski, bishop-elect of Chełm and vice-chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland, as well as the magnificent, venerable, and noble: Stanisław Count of Tęczyn, voivode of Kraków and starosta of Lublin and Bełz, Jan of Dąbrowica, starosta of Bełz and Kazimierz, voivodes [...] Given by the hands of the reverend father in Christ, Lord Jan Przerębski, bishop-elect of Chełm and vice-chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland, sincerely dear to us. [Signature:] Jan Przerębski, vice-chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland, signed by his own hand. [Chancery note in the lower right corner of the document:] Relation of the reverend father in Christ, Lord Jan Przerębski, bishop-elect of Chełm and vice-chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland. [Seal:] [On a braided silk cord in a natural wax bowl, a royal seal of red wax, a multi-field coat of arms under a crown, in the border the legend:] SIGISMUND AUGUSTUS BY THE GRACE OF GOD KING OF POLAND GRAND DUKE OF LITHUANIA [...] [Verso:] [Modern archival note:] Sigismund Augustus 1558 approval of the ordinance and articles of 1529 of the guild of merchants (?) and charcoal burners / blacksmiths (?) [...] [In pencil:] blacksmiths and locksmiths / (201)

[W lewym górnym marginesie:] Sigismundus Augustus IN NOMINE DOMINI AMEN Ad perpetuam rei memoriam. Nos Sigismundus Augustus Dei gratia Rex Poloniae, magnus Dux Lituaniae, necnon terrarum Cracoviae, Sandomiriae, Siradiae, Lancitiae, Cuiaviae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Elbingensis, Pomeraniaeq[ue] etc. Dominus et Haeres. Significamus praesentibus literis nostris quorum interest universis et singulis praesentibus et futuris harum notitiam habituris. Exhibitas esse nobis literas pergameneas Sigillo Consulum civitatis nostrae Leopoliensis communitas, sanas, salvas et integras, nullaq[ue] ex parte suspectas, Ordinationes ac Institutiones Artificiorum nonnullorum Contuberniorum eiusdem Civitatis in se continentes. Supplicatumq[ue] esse nobis, ut eas authoritate nostra Regia approbare, ratificare et confirmare dignaremur. Quarum tenor sequitur et est talis: In nomine domini Amen. Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, quoniam ea quae sub tempore fiunt, cum tempore pereunt, nisi literarum apicibus testimonio fuerint perennata. Proinde nos Nicolaus Laczimirsky protunc Proconsul, Necnon Michael Gladiator Magister Michael, Stanislaus Wylczek, Martinus Aurifaber protunc resident[es], et Martinus Waserbroth, Andreas Sthano, Valentinus Augustini, Andreas Fabrek, Joannes Ways et Joannes Grusz Seniores Consules Civitatis Regiae Leopold[iensis]. Significamus tenore praesentium quibus expedit universis et singulis praesentibus et futuris harum notitiam habituris, quomodo in praesentiam no[str]am residentiae Consulatus venien[tes] personaliter, Famati Seniores Magistri, et totum Contubernium connexum Artificiorum Ferrifabrorum, Serrificum, Gladiatorum, Caldeatorum, Armifabrorum, et Acuariorum Concivium nostrorum, Obtulerunt nobis inscripto nonnullos articulos ex consuetudine artificiorum inter eos ab antiquo tentos et observatos, debita cum instantia nobis humiliter supplican[tes], quatenus eos ipsos articulos ita nobis per ipsos praesentatos, ad laudem et honorem primum Dei omnipotentis et sue intemerate genitricis gloriosissime virginis Mariae, et Civitatis ipsius ornamentum, eorundemq[ue] artificum decus et honori ipsis provide [concedere], confirmare et approbare dignaremur. Quorum articulorum tenor de verbo ad verbum sequitur et est talis: In primis ex Artificio ferrifabrorum ita observatur, quod quilibet qui se in Mg[ist]rum praefati artificij Ferrifabrilis volet promovere, iste debet modo stam magistralitatem ostendere. Et primum tendit iema biczowa myrinhowana. Item ex parte Artificij Serrificum super ipsorum magistralitate ita observatur, q[uod] principaliter quilibet magister ferriber debet eligere per quem modum uelit suam magistralitatem ostendere. Si elegent id facere super serris, extunc tenetur facere Incrick cum sedeam reffis, et studel de una mafsa, Serram uero cum clausturis alias Skrzyniczny, cum quatuor follis et capitibus dictis Skrzynkominny. Item q[ui] elegerit ostendere super calcaribus, extunc debet fabricare Calcaria Szlychthowye, et alia Sacerdotalia cum capitulis alias Skapicamij, et tertia Calcaria Auriganum. Qui uero delegerit super Strepis, alias na Łogicziarzstwyę, parte Gladiatorum, quilibet magister artis Gladiator[iae] debet primis nouum ferramentum dictum Klyna demolire et acuere ad formam a[ntiquam] cum uagina alias Spofru iuxta antiquum modum. [...] [Transumpt zawiera dalsze artykuły regulaminu cechowego z datacją rady miejskiej Lwowa:] Datum Leopoli feria secunda in vigilia Praesentationis Mariae Anno Domini Millesimo Quingentesimo vigesimo nono [1529]. [Potwierdzenie królewskie:] Nos ITAQ[UE] Sigismundus Augustus Rex praenominatus, supplicationi eorum clementer annuentes, literas praeinsertas ratas et gratas habentes, eas authoritate nostra Regia approbandas, ratificandas et confirmandas duximus, uti quidem eas in omnibus earum punctis, clausulis, articulis et conditionibus praesentibus approbamus, ratificamus et confirmamus [...]. In quorum fidem et testimonium sigillum nostrum praesentibus est appensum. Datum Lublini die prima Mensis Septembris, Anno Domini Millesimo Quingentesimo Quinquagesimo Octavo, Regni vero nostri vigesimo nono. Praesentibus Reverendis in Christo patre domino Joanne Przerempski nominato Episcopo Chelmen[si] et Regni Poloniae Vicecancellario, Necnon Magnificis Venerabilibus et Generosis Stanislao Comite in Thanczin, Cracovien[si] et Lublin[ensi] ac Belsen[si] capitaneo, Joanne De Dambrowicza Belsen[si] et Casimirien[si] Capitaneis Palatinis [...] Datum per manus Reverendi in Christo patris Domini Joannis Przerempski nominati Episcopi Chelmen[sis] et Regni Poloniae Vicecancellarii SINCERE NOBIS DILECTI. [Podpis:] Joannes Przerempski R[egni] P[oloniae] Vicecancell[arius] sp[t] [Nota kancelaryjna w prawym dolnym rogu pliki:] Relatio Reverendi in Christo patris domini Ioannis Przerempsky nominati Episcopi Chelmensis, et Regni Poloniae Vicecancellarij. [Pieczęć:] [Na sznurze plecionym jedwabnym w misce z wosku naturalnego pieczęć koronna z czerwonego wosku, herb wielopolowy pod koroną, w otoku legenda:] SIGIS[MUNDUS AUGUSTUS DEI GRATIA REX POLONIAE MAGNUS DUX LI]TVANIE [...] [Verso:] [Zapiska archiwalna nowożytna:] Sigismundi Augusti 1558 approbat[io] Ordinationis et articulos 1529 Cechu kupcow (?) i węglarzy / kowali (?) [...] [Ołówkiem:] kowali i ślusarek / (201)