Translation / modern text
Sigismund the Third, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, etc., and also hereditary King of the Swedes, Goths and Vandals. [...]
[In the text, the articles of the furriers' guild:]
[...]
Given in Kraków, on the 22nd day of the month of May in the year of our Lord 1603, in the sixteenth year of our reign in Poland, and the tenth in Sweden.
[Signature on the left:] Sigismund King
[Signature on the right:] Jan Wielżyński [by his own hand]
[Reverse:]
[Dorsale 1:] Privilege of Sigismund III confirming the articles of the furriers' guild of the town of Stary Sambor, issued in Kraków on the 22nd day of the month of May in the year of our Lord 1603.
[Relational / commission note 1:] Presented to the Royal Commission [...]
[Relational / commission note 2:] Presented to His Royal Majesty's Commission on the 21st of March 1766 [...]
[Seal:] [No seal, visible cuts/holes from threading the cord in the bottom fold (plica)].
Original wording — transcription
Sigismundus Tertius Dei Gratia Rex Poloniae, Magnus Dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniaeque etc. nec non Suecorum, Gottorum, Vandalorumque Haereditarius Rex. [...]
[W tekście artykuły cechu kuśnierzy:]
[...]
Datum Cracoviae die 22 mensis Maii Anno Domini M.DC.III [1603], Regnorum nostrorum Poloniae decimo sexto, Sueciae vero decimo.
[Podpis z lewej:] Sigismundus Rex
[Podpis z prawej:] Joannes Wielżyński [manu propria]
[Verso:]
[Dorsale 1:] Privilegium Sigismundi III Confirmationis Articulorum Contubernii Pellionum Oppidi antiqua Sambor de actu Data Cracoviae die 22 Mensis Maii Anno Domini MDCIII.
[Nota relacyjna / komisyjna 1:] Productum in Commissione Regia [...]
[Nota relacyjna / komisyjna 2:] Productum in Commissione S[acrae] R[egiae] M[aiesta]tis d[ie] 21 Marty 1766 [...]
[Pieczęć:] [Brak pieczęci, widoczne nacięcia/otwory po przewleczeniu sznura w dolnej zakładce (plice)].
Reading notes
Parchment document drawn up in Kraków. King Sigismund III Vasa confirms the guild statutes (articles) of the furriers of the town of Stary Sambor. The parchment bears strong traces of water damage and stains in a vertical strip through the center of the text, causing local blurring and difficulties in reading. The seal has not been preserved (visible holes for the seal cord in the plica). On the verso, numerous chancery and relational annotations from later inspection commissions (including those from 1687 and 1766).
