Confirmation by King Sigismund Augustus of the prohibition on the manufacture and sale of 'opasznice' by Jews for Lviv craftsmen

Sigismund Augustus, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, etc., lord and heir. We hereby announce by this letter of ours to all and each one whom it may concern, that a parchment document has been presented before us, provided and strengthened with the title and seal of the once most illustrious ruler, Lord Sigismund the First, most powerful King of Poland, our most beloved parent, intact, whole, and free from all suspicion, containing [a confirmation] of the liberties granted to our city of Lviv, [due to the fact] that Jews, to the detriment and harm of the tailoring craft, dare and presume to sew what are commonly called 'opasznice' [lunitas] and sell them once sewn. And we were humbly requested to approve, ratify, and confirm this document and all the provisions contained therein with our royal authority, the tenor of which is as follows: In the name of the Lord, amen. In eternal memory of the matter. Since what happens in time passes with time if it is not preserved by the writing of letters. We, Sigismund, by [the grace of God] King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and also of the lands of Kraków, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kuyavia, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Chełmno, Elbląg, and Pomerania, etc., lord and heir. We announce by the power of this letter to all and each one, present and future, whom it behooves to know, how it was presented to us in the name of the illustrious mayors and the entire board of merchants, as well as the tailors and furriers of our city of Lviv, how the Jews of our said city of Lviv, together with their spouses, and wherever they reside in the cities and towns of Ruthenia and Podolia and everywhere else, and furthermore other people entirely not belonging to the tailoring and furrier craft, but interlopers, who contrary to ancient custom take away and seize from them the ability to earn a living, snatch [orders for] 'opasznice' made of simple Ruthenian wool, 'opasznice' made of any other wool, and all wools and various ready-made fur garments, and are accustomed to practice these crafts through these same interlopers and plagiarists [...], and such 'opasznice' and sheepskin garments and similar fur items are openly and publicly displayed for sale and sold at fairs and weekly markets in cities and towns and within their boundaries [...], [using] a craft they never learned, whereby the said tailors, and especially those wearing [wool?] and furriers [are threatened with] ruin, we were requested in the name of the said tailors and furriers of the aforementioned city of Lviv [...] [...] Given in Kraków, on the Monday next after the feast of [...] in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and forty-three [...] [... we approve, ratify, and confirm ...] Given in Warsaw, at the general assembly of the Kingdom, on the eleventh day of the month of June in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and seventy, and in the forty-first year of our reign. Sigismund Augustus, King By the effort and labor of the illustrious Jan Dolina, citizen and merchant of Lviv, and Grzegorz, tailor, brother of the Lviv tailors' guild. Year 1570. Prohibition for Jews regarding tailoring and furrier work, as well as the sewing of 'opasznice'. Privilege 1570. [...] of Sigismund Augustus Jews of tailoring and furrier [...] [No seal, visible cuts and holes in the fold from the seal cord]

[Inwokacja i tytulatura majuskułą zdobioną:] SIGISMVNDVS AVGVSTVS DEI gratia REX POLONIAE, magnus DVX Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masouiae, Samogitiaeque etc. Dominus et heres. Significamus praesentibus literis nostris quorum interest vniuersis et singulis. Exhibitas [esse] coram nobis literas pergamineas, titulo et sigillo Serenissimi olim Principis domini Sigismundi Primi Poloniae potentissimi Regis, genitoris nostri charissimi, munitas et firmatas, integras, sanas, nullaque suspitione obnoxias. Continenti[a] libertatum civitatis nostrae Leopoliensis concessarum, ut Judaei in praeiudicium et detrimentum artis sartoriae lunitas vulgo Opasznie dictas consuere, et consutas diuendere praesumunt et audent. Supplicatumque nobis fuisset, ut illas easque contenta omnia authoritate nostra Regia approbare ratificare et confirmare dignaremur, quarum quidem tenor est talis: [Transumpt dokumentu Zygmunta I z 1543 r.:] IN NOMINE DOMINI AMEN. Ad perpetuam rei memoriam. Qvoniam ea quae sub tempore fiunt, cum tempore simul pereunt, nisi fuerint literarum conuolatione perennata. Nos SIGISMVNDVS DEI REX Poloniae, magnus DVX Lithuaniae, necnon terrarum Cracouiae, Sandomiriae, Siradiae, Lanciciae, Cuiauiae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masouiae, Culmen[sis], Elbingensis, Pomeraniaeque etc. dominus et heres. Significamus tenore praesentium, quibus expedit universis et singulis, praesentibus et futuris, notitiam habituris. Quomodo dum nobis ex parte famatorum Proconsulum caeterique totius gubernii Mercatorum, tumque sartorum et pellificum civitatis nostrae Leopoliensis fuisset expositum, qualiter Judaei dicta civitatis nostrae Leopoliensis unacum eorundem coniugibus, et quidquid etiam in civitatibus et oppidis Russiae et Podoliae, et ubique alias existunt, praeterea alia generis nulli homines sartoriae et pellificum artis non profitentes, verum destructores, qui contra antiquae consuetudinis facultati victus quaerendi illis adiment et intercipiunt, lunitas de panno simplici Ruthenicas, lunitas de panno quovis alio, pannosque omnes, pellaceasque varias vestes paratas subducunt, ac eas artificia per ipsos destructoresque et plagiarios et ciat, exercere soleant, et eiusmodi lunitas et vestibus oves et similis pelliceis per et infra civitatis et oppidis palam et publice per nundinas et fora septimanalia tam ad universitatem ipsasque venum exponere et diuendere [...] artifice quae nunquam didicerit, cui ipsorum sartorum et praecipue ferentium et pellificum [...] Ruinis supplicatu[m] est nobis parte dictorum sartorum et pellificum civitatis praenominatae Leopoliensis [...] [...] Datum Cracouiae feria secunda proxima post festum [...] Anno Domini Millesimo Quingentesimo Quadragesimo Tertio [...] [Potwierdzenie Zygmunta Augusta:] [... approbamus, ratificamus et confirmamus ...] Datum Varschoviae in conventione generali Regni die undecima Mensis Junii, Anno Domini Millesimo Quingentesimo Septuagesimo, Regni vero nostri Anno quadragesimo primo. [Podpis:] Sigismundus Augustus Rex [Nota kancelaryjna w plice / z prawej strony:] Studio & opera Famati Joannis Dolina Ciuis & Mercatoris Leopoliensis, tum Gregorio Sartore fratre Contubernij Sartorum Leopoliensis. Anno 1570. [Nota w języku polskim z epoki na plice:] Zabronienie Zydom Roboty y Rzemiosła krawieckiego, iako tez y kusznierskiego a Opasnic naszywania. [Verso:] [Noty z XVI–XVIII w.:] Privilegium 1570. [...] Sigismundi Augusti Żydzi krawiectwa y kusznierskiey [...] [Pieczęć: brak pieczęci, zachowane nacięcia i otwory w plice po sznurze pieczętnym]